Image: Parasite130103-fig4 Protopolystoma xenopodis (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) Adult

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Description: Scanning electron micrographs of mature Protopolystoma xenopodis specimens. (A) Ventral view of the parasite showing the mouth opening in the anterior of the parasite and the haptor armed with suckers (← Su), hamuli (← Ha) and a wedge-shaped infolding (← In) between the third sucker pair at the anterior margin of the haptor. (B) Ventral mouth opening. (C) Haptor with six ventral suckers (← Su), hamuli (← Ha) and a wedge-shaped infolding (← In) between the third sucker pair. (D) Single sucker showing the musculature of the sucker. (E) Hamulus point. (F) Dorsal view of the haptor.
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