Fig. 1. Adult Crassicauda boopis. a in Morphological and molecular characterization of adults and larvae of Crassicauda spp. (Nematoda: Spirurida) from Mediterranean fin whales Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 1. Adult Crassicauda boopis. a) Female. Cephalic end (bar = 120 μm) with particular of the buccal cavity (arrowhead in the upper inset, lateral view; bar = 60 μm) and of lateral and submedial cephalic papillae situated along the margin of a cuticular plate (arrowheads in lower inset, apical view; bar = 25 μm). b) Female. Paired uteri opening in the vulva (arrowhead) (bar = 600 μm). c) Male. Coiled caudal extremity with caudal papillae (arrowhead) (stereomicroscope) (bar = 1 mm).