Morphology

MORPHOLOGY OF FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI

Fasciolopsis buski

  • Largest fluke 3 – 7.5 by 0.8 – 2 cm.
  • Body is oval shaped and shoulders are absent.
  • Cuticle is spiny.
  • Ventral sucker is larger than the oral sucker.
  • Intestinal caeca simple.
  • Testes in the posterior third of the body are branched and lie in tandem position.
  • Ovary is branched anterior to testes in the middle region, vitellaria occupy lateral fields.
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Fasciolopsis Buski

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