A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study on the Glochidial Encystment of a Freshwater Clam Anodonta archeformis on the Host Fish Carassius auratus

A scanning electron microscopic study on the glochidium and glochidial encystment of Anodonta archefomis on the host fish Carassius auratus was conducted. The shape of the glochidium is apparently subtriangular and its average size is 270${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ $\times$ 260${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ $\times$ 145${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. The glochidial shell valves are of the same size, kept together by a ligament of 50.4${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in length and 5.5${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in width. (omitted)