EGG HATCHING, MIRACIDIAL MORPHOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY OF CHIMAEROHEMECIDAE SP. (DIGENEA) INFECTING GILL OF SMOOTH BUTTERFLY RAYS, GYMNURA MICRURA, FROM MOBILE BAY, GULF OF AMERICA
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While searching for monocotylid (Monogenoidea) and blood fluke infections in smooth butterfly rays captured in Mobile Bay (north-central Gulf of America), we observed hatching blood fluke eggs (Chimaerohemecidae sp.) embedded in the gill epithelium. Eggs prese... ...
