Capillaria (Procapillaria) margolisi Moravec

Capillaria (Procapillaria) margolisi Moravec & McDonald, 1981

Description (after Moravec 2001). With characteristics of the genus.

Males: Body length 13.57, maximum width 0.074. Muscular oesophagus 0.359 long, stichosome 8.94, 58 stichocytes. Nerve ring 0.161 from anterior end (Fig. 18 A). Spicule well sclerotized with rough transverse grooves on middle third, 0.202 long (Fig. 18 B). Cloaca opening subterminal. Tail rounded, 0.009 long, with a 0.023 long lobe on either side probably with submerged papillae (Fig. 18 C). Pair of small sessile papillae just anterior to cloacal opening.

Females: Gravid worms 18.58 – 21.76 long, maximum width 0.093 – 0.112. Muscular oesophagus 0.359 – 0.382 long, stichosome 8.73–9.92, 44 to 51 stichocytes. Nerve ring 0.115–0.129 from anterior end. Vulva near level of oesophago-intestinal junction (Fig. 18 D). Uterus with many eggs in one row near vulva, two or more rows distally. Mature eggs 0.062–0.069 x 0.025–0.028 (Fig. 18 E). Ovary reaching posteriad to about mid-region of rectum. Rectum 0.081–0.110 long. Anus subterminal, tail 0.012–0.021 long.

Site: pyloric caeca

Hosts: Hippoglossus stenolepis (2, 3, 4); Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (1)

Distribution: Pacific

Records: 1. Moravec & McDonald 1981; 2. Blaycock 1996; 3. Blaycock et al. 1998a; 4. Blaycock et al. 1998b