Neoandracantha peruensis n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) described from cystacanths infecting the ghost crab Ocypode gaudichaudii on the Peruvian coast

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Table 5

Chemical elements (Ca, S, P) detected in cut spines from the anterior, middle and posterior fields of the foretrunk of Neoandracantha peruensis.^a

	Weight %	Atomic %
Spines in anterior field
Calcium (Ca)	1.25	0.48
Sulfur (S)	5.19	2.50
Phosphorus (P)	0.85	0.42
Spines in middle field
Ca	0.7	0.27
S	3.55	1.72
P	0.53	0.27
Spines in posterior field
Ca	0.49	0.22
S	2.82	1.59
P	0.57	0.30

Other elements, carbon (C) and oxygen (O) are common in all living animals; gold (Au) and palladium (Pd) are used to coat the specimen in an 18 nm layer. Gallium (Ga) ions are used to cut the specimen.

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