ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIRACIDIUM OF PARAGONIMUS MIYAZAKII KAMO ET AL., 1961
The morphological characters of the miracidium of Paragonimus miyazakii Kamo et ai., 1961, are reported. The miracidium of P. miyazakii is readily distinguishable from that of other known species of Paragonimus such as P. westermani, P. ohirai, P. kellicotti and P. pulmonalis by the presence of 30 to 50 acidophile granules in the digestive gut. The granules are stained in a reddish blue color with the solution of acid dyes but they will not take dye with the solution of basic dyes.
