An-Najah Staff

Two new forms of cercariae are described from the fresh water snail Melanopsis tuberculata collected from Azraq Oasis and East Ghor Canal, Jordan during 1983 and 1985, respectively. Cercaria sp. I is a xiphidiocercaria belonging to the "Pusilla" sub-type. It has 3 pairs of penetration glands and a flame cell formula 2[(2+3+1+2)+(2)]= 20.Cercaria sp. II is an ocellate, apharyngeal brevifurcate cercaria. It has 5 pairs of penetration glands and a flame cell formula 2[(1+1+1)+(1+1)+(1)]= 12. Both cercariae develop in sporocysts