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Cercaria Criollisima Sp. N. from a Marine Snail, Melongena Melongena L., in Venezuela OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME 39, NUMBER 2, JULY 1972 239 Khalil, L. F. 1963. On Acantlwstomum gym- Stunkard, H. W. 1931. Further observations narchi (Dollfus, 1950), with notes on the on the occurrence of anal openings in digenetic genera Acanthostomum Looss, 1899, Atropho- trematodes. Z. Parasitenk. 3: 713-725. caecum Bhalerao, 1940, Gymnatotrema Moro- . 1938. Parasitic flatworms from Yucatan. sov, 1955 and Haplocaecum Simha, 1958. J. Publ. Carneg. Inst. 491: 33-50. Helminth. 37: 207-214. Szidat, L. 1954. Trematodes nuevos de peces de Koelle, G. B., and J. S. Friedenwald. 1949. A agua dulce de la Republica Argentina. Rev. histochemical method for localizing cholin- Inst. Nac. Inves. Cienc. Nat. 3: 1-85. esterase activity. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. Teixeira de Freitas, J. F., and H. Lent. 1938. 70: 617-622. Pesquisas helminthologicas realisadas no Mane-Garzon, F., and O. Gil. 1961. Trem- Estado do Para. 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Cercaria criollisima sp. n. from a Marine Snail, Melongena Melongena L., in Venezuela P. NASIR AND MARCOS T. DiAz1 Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Depto. de Biologia, Escuela de Ciencias, Universidad de Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela ABSTRACT: This is the first record of a marine cercaria in Venezuela. The cercaria is an echinostome char- acterized chiefly by 49 to 53 collar spines, an invaginable caudal tip, rhabditiform contents of cystogenous glands, and 27 flame cells on each side of body. The caudal finfold and eyespots are absent. Also pre- sented is a note on the classification of cercariae. Cercaria maritima (Lutz, 1933) Lutz, 1935 and Jamaica. Szidat (1963) described two (syn. Dicranocercaria maritima Lutz, 1933), a species of bucephalid cercariae from a marine lophocercous furcocercaria similar to Cercaria bivalve, Bracliijodontes rodriguezi (D'Orb.), cristata La Valette, 1852, and C. utriculata from the rocks of the Atlantic coast, near (Lutz, 1933) Lutz, 1935 (syn. Dicranocercaria Puerto Quequen, Argentina, which were con- utriculata Lutz, 1933) of the Vivax group, sidered, without experimental evidence, to be are the first reports of marine cercariae from the larval forms of Bucephalus urophyci Szidat, South America, but from Brazilian waters. 1961, and Prosorhynchus australis Szidat, 1961. Cable (1956, 1963) contributed substantially Another marine bucepbalid cercaria, C. chilen- to the marine cercariae of Puerto Rico, Curacao, sis Szidat, 1963, was found to infect 100% of the population of bivalves in Mehuin, near 1 Supported by grant No. DCC-69/69/DB-23 from Valdivia, Chile. Comision de Desarrollo y Coordination Cientificas of Universidad de Oriente. Since the parasitic fauna of marine mollusks Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington 240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME 39, NUMBER 2, JULY 1972 241 of Venezuela lias been neglected, it was de- penetration ducts along anterior margin of cided to study them. Over a period of 2 years body. Excretory vesicle tubular, with lateral 3,000 specimens of a most abundant snail, diverticula. Main excretory tubes enclosing re- Melongena melongena L., were examined but fractile excretory granules throughout. Sec- only two were infected. The emerged cercariae ondary excretory tubes, after reflexing back were of the same echinostome type. in region of oral sucker, dividing postacetabu- The snails were collected by hand, and larly. Flame cell formula 2[(3 + 3 + 3 + 3-f- maintained in continuously aerated aquaria in 3 + 3) + (3 + 3 + 3)] = 54. Caudal excre- the laboratory. The cercariae were studied tory duct dividing in proximal region of tail. alive in seawater mounts, with or without the Rediae in hepatopancreas, with pharynx, un- aid of intravitam stains. The measurements divided collar, and saccate gut, and without (in mm) were taken on naturally emerged lateral processes. Measurements of 12 ran- living material. domly selected cercariae: body 0.366 to 0.488 by 0.131 to 0.150; tail 0.206 to 0.400 by 0.018 Cercaria criollisima sp. n. to 0.028; oral sucker 0.057 to 0.072 in diam; (Figs. 1-3) ventral sucker 0.072 to 0.102 in diam; pre- HOST: Melongena melongena L. pharynx 0.018 to 0.024 long; pharynx 0.030 LOCALITY: Inland side of the Gulf of to 0.033 in diam. Cariaco, Sucre State, Cumana, Venezuela. Discussion Description There are a number of marine echinostome Echinostome with body longer than tail, cercariae possessing collar spines. They are: without eyespots, bearing 17 to 21 rows of Acanthoparyphium sp. Yamaguti, 1934, Cer- setate papillae. Tegumental spines not ex- caria 1 Maxon and Pequegnat, 1949, C. tending beyond ventral sucker. Tail aspinose, caribbea II Cable, 1956, C. caribbea subterminally attached ventrally, filled with III Cable, 1956, C. fuscata Holliman, 1961, polyhedral glandular cells. Caudal tip invagi- C. granifera Ogata, 1943, Cercaria G Hutton, nable, furnished with a sucker surrounded by 1952, Cercaria L Hutton, 1952, C. littorinae glands with coarsely granular contents. A obtusatae Lebour, 1911, C. proxima Lespes, 1857, C. ophthalmoechinata Ito, 1957, C. yama- setate papilla on each side of invaginable part gutii Ito, 1957, Himasthla compacta Stunkard, of tail tip. Collar spines extremely delicate, 49 to 53, arranged in single dorsally uninter- 1960, H. continua Loos-Frank, 1967, PI. in- terrupta Loos-Frank, 1967, H. littorinae Stunk- rupted series, including row of nine angle ard, 1966, H. leptosoma (Creplin, 1829) after spines on each side of pharynx. Oral sucker smaller than ventral, orifice bordered with ring Lebour, 1911, PL militaris (Rudolphi, 1802) Dietz, 1909, after Rebecq, 1964, H. quisseten- of papillae. Ventral sucker in posterior half of body, also with ring of papillae around sis (Miller and Northup, 1926) Stunkard, 1934 aperture. Prepharynx present. Pharynx spheri- (syn. Cercaria quissetensis Miller and Northup, cal. Esophagus not extending to ventral sucker. 1926) after Stunkard, 1938, H. rhigedana Dietz, Intestinal ceca extending to posterior region 1909, after Adams and Martin, 1963, and H. of body. Cystogenous glands brownish-yellow, secunda (Nicoll, 1906) Dietz, 1909 (syn. with rhabditiform contents. Penetration glands Echinostomum secunda Nicoll, 1906) after in two sets: one set of six, three on each Lebour, 1911. Of all these species, only Cer- side, at level of pharynx, and another set, caria fuscata from Cerithidea scalariformis Say unpaired, composed of six glands in region of from Salt Marsh, St. Marks Height, and Shell esophageal bifurcation. Twelve openings of Point, Wakulla County, Florida, USA, has a Figures 1-3. Cercaria criollisima sp. n. 1. Camera lutida diagram, ventral view, details added freehand. 2. Freehand illustration of tail tip. 3. Freehand illustration of anterior end showing collar spines. Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington 242 PROCEEDINGS OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY total of 49 collar spines and thus is closest to It seems to be rather dangerous practice C. criollisima. However, C. fuscata possesses to classify cercariae into adult taxa without a two pigmented eyespots, and this character thorough knowledge of life history stages. alone is diagnostic enough for the separation Cercaria udoi Nasir, Diaz, and Hamana, 1969, of C. criollisima which is nonocellate. and C. paraudoi Nasir, Diaz, and Hamana, 1969, In the conservative system of classification could have been easily mistaken for non- initiated by Liihe (1909) and followed by echinostome cercariae, but the collar spines subsequent workers, cercariae have been cate- appear in their metacercarial stages and there- gorized purely on a morphological basis, with fore are true echinostomes. Similarly, cercariae special emphasis on the structure of tail, into of Echinochasmus donaldsoni Beaver, 1941, E. larval groups almost entirely independent of zubedakhaname Nasir and Diaz, 1968, and adult taxonomy. Cable (1956) remarked "pres- Stephanoprora paradenticulata Nasir and ent knowledge makes it possible to assign Rodriguez, 1969, lack collar spines, but they larvae to adult groups," and suggested aban- donment of this conservative system; he intro- are present in metacercariae and adults. duced several groups like Echinostome Cer- cariae, Echinostomelike gymnocephalous Literature Cited Cercariae, Micorphalid Cercariae, Hemiuroid Cable, R. M. 1956. Marine cercariae of Puerto Cercariae, and Plagiorchiid Cercariae. Holli- Rico. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Sci. Surv. Porto Rico man (1961) allocated the known marine cer- and Virgin Isl. 16: 419-477. cariae of the world to the adult families, . 1963. Marine
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