Identification of Wuchereria bancrofti /CC-6 (B.SC.ZOOLOGY_MAJOR_CCF)

 Identifying features are:

1. Long slender body, with smooth cuticle & ends are bluntly rounded.
2. Head area is slightly swollen.
3. Two circles of papillae are present on the head region.
4. Small mouth aperture.
5. Male  measures 40 mm in length & 100μm in width. Possesses finger like tail.
6. Female measures 6-10cm in length & about 300μm in width. It possesses vulva near the middle of oesophagus.

        Hence, the specimen seems to be Adult stage of Wuchereria Bancrofti

1. Minute snake like, transparent,colourless cody with a blunt head & a pointed tail.
2. A hyaline sheadth enclosed the body, which projects a little beyond the extremities.
3. Thin  & striated cuticle is present.
4. Central axis of the body ,composed of granules,extends from head to tail.
5. Presence of several intermediate nuclei & promordia of organs.
6. Two shiny spots, anterior rudimentary excretory pore & posterior v -spots are present.

            Hence,the specimen seems to be  Microfilaria of Wuchereria Bancrofti

Systematic Position (Ruppert & Barnes, 1994)

Kingdom :Animalia

  Phylum: Nematoda

    Class: Phasmida

         Genus: Wuchereria

Diagram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1enggRzz5VSEWFTB33dHYmL9dkK50nC_F/view?usp=sharing