Figure 3. Light (LM) and scanning electron (SEM) micrographs of the haptoral sclerites and male copulatory organ (MCO) of Gyrodactylus magadiensis n. sp. (A) Haptoral sclerites with hamulus (ha), dorsal bar (db), and marginal hooks (mh), GAP (LM); (B) hamulus (ha) and dorsal bar (db) after soft tissue digestion (SEM); (C) isolated marginal hook (SEM); (D) dorsal bar (LM); (E) dorsal view of dorsal bar (SEM); (F) ventral view of dorsal bar (SEM); (G) male copulatory organ (MCO) with large central spine and six spinelets, two large and four small (LM). Scale bars – (A and B) 20 µm; (C and G) 5 µm; (D–F) 10 µm.

Published as part of Santos, Quinton Marco Dos, Maina, John Ndegwa & Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè, 2019, Gyrodactylus magadiensis n. sp. (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) parasitising the gills of Alcolapia grahami (Perciformes, Cichlidae), a fish inhabiting the extreme environment of Lake Magadi, Kenya, pp. 1-13 in Parasite (Paris, France) 26 (76) on page 7, DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2019077, http://zenodo.org/record/12628672