title: Scanning electron microscopy of Boreostrongylus seurati (Nematoda: Heligmosomidae) from the Egyptian desert gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus with notes on its phylogeny.
abstract: A heligmosomid nematode Boreostrongylus seurati, belonging to the subfamily Nippostrongylinae, is described and figured based on specimens collected from duodenum of Egyptian gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus (Olivier) collected in Giza and Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Both light and scanning electron microscopy were used to describe adult worms and their bursa and the synlophe. The ultrastructural morphology of some features of the worms is also described including mouth opening, cuticular surface, spicules, cephalic and bursal papillae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ashour
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Younis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004386:Duodenum / Q000469:parasitology; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D006369:Heligmosomatoidea / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010802:Phylogeny; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*