| larval spirurida (nematoda) from the crab macrophthalmus hirtipes in new zealand. | previously undescribed third-stage larvae of two species of spirurida were found in the haemocoel of the stalk-eyed mud crab macrophthalmus hirtipes (heller) (ocypodidae) in new zealand. examinations by light and scanning electron microscopy showed that the larger larvae (about 7 mm long) belonged to a species of ascarophis van beneden, 1871 (cystidicolidae), the genus including parasites of fishes, whereas the smaller larvae (about 4-5 mm long) belonged to the acuariidae, a family with species ... | 2003 | 14560971 |