Quinquiserialis

This notocotylid is a small, delicate flukes only a few mm long. It is a monostome. The visible parts of the digestive system in this specimen include the large oral sucker at the anterior end (to the top) and two thin intestinal ceca which travel posteriorly. At the posterior of the worm are two opposite testes, with smooth inner margins and irregular outer margins. The ovary is between the testes. Proceeding anterior from the ovary is the uterus, which loops back and forth until about the middle of the body, then it proceeds anteriorly just left of the midline towards the genital pore. The terminal portion of the uterus is thick-walled. Small lateral fields of vitellaria are located in the posterior 1/3 of the body, and thin vitelline ducts are visible, uniting just anterior to the ovary. The cirrus pouch is very large, extending along the midline from the genital pore back to the point where the uterus begins coiling. The swollen posterior portion of the cirrus pouch contains the internal seminal vesicle and stains dark because of the large number of spermatozoa stored within. In this specimen the long cirrus is everted.

This photo shows the ventral glands, which are characteristic of the notocotylids, particularly well. There are five rows of glands in this genus.