title: The miracidium of Transversotrema patialense (Soparkar, 1924).
abstract: The miracidium of Transversotrema patialense (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) has 21 epidermal cells arranged in four tiers with an epidermal formula of 6, 9, 4, 2. The penetration gland is large, conspicuous, contains a posterior globular part with 6 prominent nuclei and opens out through 6 pores arranged in two lateral groups at the tip of the apical papilla. The miracidium lacks lateral papillae, possesses a well developed subepithelium, a pair of flame cells and a germ ball.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Madhavi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jhansilakshmibai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*