Strongylus - buccal capsule

	Group: Bursate, migratory nematode
	Host species: Equines
	Features: Shows the large buccal capsule typical of a tissue or plug feeder The leaf crowns around the entrance to the capsule and the "teeth" at the bottom can be difficult to see in fresh specimens

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