Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
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Hendrix: Monogenea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> 39<br />
38(37) Haptor ventral transverse bar rounded laterally, with prominent medial sculpturing. Parasitic on<br />
striped mullet, Mugil cephalus. Haliotrema vanbenedeni (Fig. 45)<br />
39(1) Haptor with 4 or more clamps, posterior haptoral appendix present or absent; anterior adhesive<br />
area a pair <strong>of</strong> buccal suckers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44<br />
39(1) Haptor with 3 pairs <strong>of</strong>suckers, each having a curved hooklike sclerite; posterior haptoral appendix<br />
present; anterior adhesive area an oral sucker or shallow muscular grooves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40<br />
A<br />
Figure 45<br />
Haliotrema vanbenedeni: (A) dorsal view. Scale: 0.2 mm; (B) hamuli <strong>and</strong> transverse bars. Scale: 0.05<br />
mm. Drawn from USNM 49342.<br />
B
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