| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Authors: | O. M. Amin, Dezfuli B. S. |
| Journal: | J Parasitol |
| Volume: | 81 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 76-9 |
| Date Published: | 1995 Feb |
| ISSN: | 0022-3395 |
| Keywords: | Acanthocephala, Animals, Bass, Female, Fish Diseases, Fresh Water, Helminthiasis, Helminthiasis, Animal, Kenya, Male, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Perciformes, Tilapia |
| Abstract: | The original description of Polyacanthorhynchus kenyensis Schmidt and Canaris, 1967 from 2 species of fish in Lake Naivasha, Kenya was primarily based on measurements of 2 male cystacanths. That description is herein emended based on the availability of a larger number of immature worms of both sexes obtained from the freshwater teleosts Orechromis leucostictus, Tilapia zillii (new paratenic host records), and Micropterus salmoides. A secretory function for the apical organ is suggested. |
| Alternate Journal: | J. Parasitol. |
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