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- a group of parasitic Platyhelminthes. The haptor is sometimes called opisthaptor (from opistho-: behind) to emphasize that it is located in the posterior...
- the posterior ones are collectively termed the opisthaptor, or simply haptor. The posterior opisthaptor with its hooks, anchors, clamps etc. is typically...
- The body gradually tapers to the muscular peduncle, ending with the opisthaptor, which is deeply embedded in the host's tissue. The prohaptor consists...
- viewed by microscopy, showing clumps of eggs within the uterus, dark-brown vitellaria gland laterally and a part of the opisthaptor (upper right corner)....
- used to anchor the body of the parasite while the opisthaptor is being repositioned. The opisthaptor is an important attachment organ that allows these...
- end is the main device by which the parasite attaches to its host, the opisthaptor, with its three pairs of suckers, a pair of hooked anchors and marginal...
- permitting cross-fertilization. Two more pairs of clamps develop in the opisthaptor (the attachment organ) of each. Adults can apparently live in this state...
- Upon reaching maturity, parasites can remain attached by a posterior opisthaptor with its 8 ****ociated clamps (4 in 2 rows). Adults may reach a few millimetres...
- free-living and parasitic organisms. A. conchicola has a large ventral opisthaptor that extends most of its body's length, which is divided into sections...
- anteriorly in its anterior half or third, a narrow neck, and a long opisthaptor. The body comprises an anterior part which contains most organs and a...