Ultrastructural study of the body surface and the flame cell of oochoristica sp [cestoda: anoplocephalidae]

ABSTRACT

Ultrastructural studies on the body surface of the adult tapeworm Oochoristica sp. revealed that all the strobilar surface including the scolex and the adhesive surfaces of the suckers are covered with long filamentous microtriches. Using scanning and transmission electron microscopes, the basic morphology of the microtriches was studied and found to be similar to those described in other cestodes, but differs in having a relatively long basal regions. The flame cell was also described