{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sanil NK"],"funding":["Council of Scientific and Industrial Research"],"pagination":["368-378"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6667514"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["43(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The present paper describes four new species of virgulate xiphidiocercariae infecting the freshwater gastropod, <i>Bithynia</i> (<i>Digoniostoma</i>) <i>pulchella</i> (Benson, 1836) collected from Malabar, Kerala. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXII Malabar n. sp. has a spinose body and tail; four pairs of penetration glands; short, narrow oesophagus; a pair of short, unequal caeca; bicornuate excretory vesicle and 18 pairs of flame cells. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXIII Malabar n. sp. is characterized by an oval, spinose body; aspinose tail; dagger-shaped stylet; medially fused virgula; globular pharynx; short oesophagus; three pairs of penetration glands; bicornuate, 'V'-shaped excretory bladder, and 18 pairs of flame cells. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXIV Malabar n. sp. has a spinose body and tail, medially fu"],"journal":["Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology"],"pubmed_title":["Four new species of virgulate xiphidiocercariae infecting the freshwater snail, <i>Bithynia</i> (<i>Digoniostoma</i>) <i>pulchella</i> (Benson, 1836) in Malabar, Kerala."],"pmcid":["PMC6667514"],"funding_grant_id":["--"],"pubmed_authors":["Sanil NK","Janardanan KP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Four new species of virgulate xiphidiocercariae infecting the freshwater snail, <i>Bithynia</i> (<i>Digoniostoma</i>) <i>pulchella</i> (Benson, 1836) in Malabar, Kerala.","description":"The present paper describes four new species of virgulate xiphidiocercariae infecting the freshwater gastropod, <i>Bithynia</i> (<i>Digoniostoma</i>) <i>pulchella</i> (Benson, 1836) collected from Malabar, Kerala. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXII Malabar n. sp. has a spinose body and tail; four pairs of penetration glands; short, narrow oesophagus; a pair of short, unequal caeca; bicornuate excretory vesicle and 18 pairs of flame cells. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXIII Malabar n. sp. is characterized by an oval, spinose body; aspinose tail; dagger-shaped stylet; medially fused virgula; globular pharynx; short oesophagus; three pairs of penetration glands; bicornuate, 'V'-shaped excretory bladder, and 18 pairs of flame cells. <i>Cercaria</i> sp. XXIV Malabar n. sp. has a spinose body and tail, medially fu","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2025-04-04T11:18:35.244Z","creation":"2020-09-05T07:11:41Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6667514","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31406401"],"doi":["10.1007/s12639-019-01100-y"]}}