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Figure 2

From: Gyrodactylus salinae n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) infecting the south European toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes) (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from a hypersaline environment in Italy

Figure 2

Drawings of the opisthaptoral hard parts and male copulatory organ (MCO) of Gyrodactylus salinae n. sp. from the south European toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes) from Cervia Saline, Italy. a - opisthaptoral central hook complex; b - MCO; c, d - marginal hook sickles; e - marginal hook sickle of Gyrodactylus rugiensoides Huyse et Volckaert, 2002 from Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas) collected from Texel, The Netherlands (re-drawn from the paratype 2002.2.14.2); f - a size invariant overlay of the marginal hook sickles of G. salinae n. sp. (broken line) with G. rugiensoides (solid line); g - a size variant overlay of the marginal hook sickles of G. salinae n. sp. (broken line) with G. rugiensoides (solid line). Scale bars: a, b = 5 μm; c-e = 3 μm.

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