Anatomical and surface morphology of hedruris lutjanenses SP. N. (nematoda : hedruridae)‎ from the common marinewater fish lutjanus synagris in Damietta, Egypt

الملخص EN

The description and tegumental ultrastructure of nematode Hedruris lutjanenses sp.

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collected from marine Lane Snapper fish Lutjanus synagris Linnaeus, 1758 collected at Manzala Lake, Damietta, Egypt was studied by light and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).

The new species is mainly characterized by that the buccal capsule is surrounded by four pseudolapia; one small and three larger pseudolapia, each one bears a number of papillae arranged irregularly on its surface and the presence of one pair of precloacal papillae and nine pairs of postcloacal ones in males.-