Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of Bathmostomum sangeri Cobbold, 1879, of elephants.
Bathmostomum sangeri is an intestinal parasite of the elephant. Males measured 12.15-14.25 mm in length; females measured 14.98-17.68 mm in length. Buccal capsule is well-developed and funnel-shaped. There is a raised and transverse fissure ridge around the oral margin. The internal wall of the buccal capsule is raised into a series of circular ridges or lamellae. Teeth or cutting plates could not be seen. Spicules are stout, wing-like structures. The telamon is pear-shaped, but a gibernaculum is not present. There are two pairs of papillae on the either side of the cloacal opening. The female tail is gradually tepering.
D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D004606:Elephants / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning