. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 110 iu I I I il\ SOI nil l<\ C \LIF0RN1A ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VOLUME 72. Figure I. Ventral view of Diclidophora sprostonae, new species; C, clamps; G, genital pore; I, intestine; O. ovary; OP, opisthaptor; P, pharynx; S, sucker; T, testes; U, uterus; V, vitellaria; VA, vas deferens; VR, vitelline reservoir. Figure 2. A, Cirrus spines and B, sclerites of clamp; (M, muscular pad) of Diclidophora spros- tonae, new species. level. Cirrus diameter about 30, armed with six curved spines about 9 long, ovary ribbon-like, looped, median and prete
. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 110 iu I I I il\ SOI nil l<\ C \LIF0RN1A ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VOLUME 72. Figure I. Ventral view of Diclidophora sprostonae, new species; C, clamps; G, genital pore; I, intestine; O. ovary; OP, opisthaptor; P, pharynx; S, sucker; T, testes; U, uterus; V, vitellaria; VA, vas deferens; VR, vitelline reservoir. Figure 2. A, Cirrus spines and B, sclerites of clamp; (M, muscular pad) of Diclidophora spros- tonae, new species. level. Cirrus diameter about 30, armed with six curved spines about 9 long, ovary ribbon-like, looped, median and pretesticular. Vitelline follicles small, numerous, in groups between intestinal diverticula and extending into opisthaptor. Vitelline reservoir adjacent to ovary, with expanded anterior end. Genitointestinal canal on right side. Seminal re- ceptacle not seen. Uterus median, tubular, from testicular level to common genital pore. None contained eggs. Host: Diapluis watasei Jordan and Starks, 1904. Habitat: Gills. Type Locality: Off southeast coast of Africa. Holotype: No. 639, deposited in the Hancock Parasitology Collection, University of Southern Cali- fornia. DISCUSSION These worms were removed from the gills of fish that had been preserved for several years and most of them were poorly distended. Diclidophora spros- tonae differs from other speceis of the genus in the numbers of cirrus spines and in the fan-like arrangement of the testes. Several authors (Llewel- lyn and Tully. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada, 26: 1063- 1074, 1969: Sproston, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 25: 185-600, 1946. etc.) have mentioned the varia- tion in the number of cirrus spines or hooks in in- dividuals of the same species. All specimens of Diclidophora sprostonae possess six hooks. Per- haps a larger number of specimens might show variation in this character. Although all specimens. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - color
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