An experimental demonstration of the life cycle of a Diplostomulum from Lampetra fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original) (raw)
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Metacercariae are recorded from the central nervous system of Lampetra fluviatilis in a British river. They are compared with metacercariae of Diplostomum phoxini, D. gasterostei, D. spathaceum and with measurements of Diplostomulum petromyzi-fluviatilis described by Gintovt (1969) from Lampetra planeri (Table 1). Other stages in the life-cycle of this diplostomulum were obtained experimentally; adults from immunosuppressed ducks (Anas platyrhynchus) fed these metacercaria established that the diplostomulum belongs to the genus Diplostomum. Miracidia obtained from eggs in the faeces of the infected ducks were used successfully in the infection of Bithynia tentaculata. Cercariae emerged from the snail after sixty-six days and are compared with Cercaria C.
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- Roger Sweeting
Present address: Thames Conservancy Division, Thames Water Authority, Nugent House, Vastern, Road Reading, RG 18 DB, England
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- Department of Biological Sciences Sir John Cass School of Science Technology, City of London Polytechnic London, England
Roger Sweeting
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Sweeting, R. An experimental demonstration of the life cycle of a Diplostomulum from Lampetra fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758.Z. Parasitenk 49, 233–242 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380593
- Received: 16 April 1975
- Issue date: January 1976
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380593