Fig. 3 in Occurrence and characterisation of tongue worms, Linguatula spp., in South Africa

Fig. 3. Scanning electron microscopy of an adult male Linguatula nuttali from Panthera leo. Colours and shapes in images are enlargement of the corresponding areas in the previous images: A) ventral view of the anterior end of the parasite; B) magnified view of the anterior end indicating location of the minute tentacles on the right side of the parasite; C) magnified view of the right tentacles. Note presence of minute structures around tentacles (arrows); D) Tentacles and the minute structures on the left side of the anterior end; E) mouth; F) magnified view of the most anterior right hook; G) magnified view of the posterior right hook; H) magnified view of a sensory papilla located lateral to the genital pore; I) genital pore; J) magnified view of the posterior left hook; K) arrangement of the annuli on the abdominal region of the parasites; L) magnified view of the border of the annuli in the abdominal region showing presence and arrangements of the scale like projections and pores (arrow); Note presence of multiple rows of scale like projections on the posterior of each annulus and a row of pores on the anterior part of each annulus; M) posterior end showing the terminal cleft (ventral view). (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)