by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Nanophyetus salmincola Chapin, 1928 (Figure 2-31) ETYMOLOGY:Nano = posterior and phyetus = genitalia along with salmincola = for the salmonid second hosts. SYNONYMS: Chapin, 1926 first described this fluke as Nanophyes salmincola. He later (1928) changed the name to...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
NANOPHYETIDAE These small flukes are found in the intestinal tract of numerous mammals. There are large anterior and ventral suckers. The testes are symmetrical, large, and are in the hindbody. The cercarial stage that comes from the snail has a stylet and a...
