Four trematode cercariae from the New Zealand intertidal snail 'Zeacumantus subcarinatus' (Batillariidae)

Title
Four trematode cercariae from the New Zealand intertidal snail 'Zeacumantus subcarinatus' (Batillariidae)
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Martorelli, Sergio R
Fredensborg, Brian L
Leung, Tommy
Poulin, Robert
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific
Place of publication
Singapore
DOI
10.1080/03014220809510104
UNE publication id
une:9058
Abstract
The cercariae and sporocysts (or rediae) of four trematode species are described from the intertidal snail 'Zeacumantus subcarinatus': a distome xiphidiocercaria assigned to the genus 'Renicola' (family Renicolidae); a monostome xiphidiocercaria belonging either to the genus 'Microphallus' or 'Megalophallus' (family Microphallidae); a magnacercous cercaria of the genus 'Galactosomum' (family Heterophyidae); and a cercaria of the genus 'Philophthalmus' (family Philophthalmidae). The morphological features of these cercariae are compared to previously described cercariae of the same genera. In addition, since the philophthalmid cercaria encysts readily on artificial substrates in the laboratory, the metacercaria of this species is also described. These cercariae are part of a diverse community of at least six digenean species parasitising the snail 'Z. subcarinatus' that, together, have a major impact on the ecology and evolution of this snail.
Link
Citation
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 35(1), p. 73-84
ISSN
1175-8821
0301-4223
Start page
73
End page
84

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