title: Scanning electron microscopy of hookworms. 2. Adult of arthrostoma longspiculum (Maplestone, 1931).
abstract: The surface structures of adult Arthrostoma longespiculum were studied with the aid of the scanning electron microscope. In the mouth opening, a pair of ventral cutting plates was present; each was semilunar, thick and rounded at the inner edge. Cervical papillae were paired, small and sharp. The vulvar papilla was a single, round, wart-like projection adjacent to the vulva.
mesh_terms: D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009055:Mouth / Q000033:anatomy & histology