Fig. 5

a Sclerotised structures of Cichlidogyrus flagellum n. sp. Drawings are based on four specimens: the holotype RMCA 39075 for uncinuli I, II, IV-VII and the vagina; paratype HU no 615 for uncinuli III; paratype MZH KN.13838 for the VB and MCC; and paratype HU no 721 for the VA, DA and DB. b, c Micrographs of the VB taken from paratype KN.13838 at two different focal depths. In (b), the two branches of the VB are indicated by an arrow. In (c), the middle part of the VB is indicated by an arrow. The VB looks W-shaped in the drawing (a) and micrographs (b, c) due to folding of this structure during the preparation of the microscope slide mount. Abbreviations: I-VII, uncinuli; VA, ventral anchor; VB, ventral transverse bar; DA, dorsal anchor; DB, dorsal transverse bar; MCC, male copulatory complex with penis stylet in white, and accessory piece and heel in grey; VG, vagina. Scale-bars: 20 µm