title: Scanning electron microscopy of newly excysted metacercariae of Paragonimus westermani-like, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
abstract: Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation of surface structure was done on newly excysted metacercariae of Paragonimus westermani-like (Nakhon Nayok, Thailand). The surface of the body was covered with numerous single-pointed tegumentary spines, large dome-shaped papillae, small one with a pit, and small one with a smooth surface were situated around the suckers. There were 27 to 30 of the small dome-shaped papillae with a pit around the oral sucker and 10 to 13 of the small ones with a smooth surface around the ventral sucker. The present report is the new record of excysted metacercariae of P. westermani-like (Nakhon Nayok, Thailand) by SEM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kanla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaemput
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arunyanart
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maleewong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000469:parasitology; D016266:Food Parasitology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D013785:Thailand