[METACERCERIAE OF BRACHYPHALLUS CRENARUS RUDOLPHI, 1802 (TREMATODA: HENIURIDAE) IN PLANKTON CRUSTACEANS FROM THE PROSTOR GULF (ITURUP ISLAND, RUSSIA)].

Authors :: Sokolov SG
Frenkel SE
Gordeev II
Source :: Parazitologiia [Parazitologiia] 2016 Mar-Apr; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 150-5.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Samples of Zooplankton collected in waters of the Prostor Gulf (Iturup Island) were examined. Metacercariae of Brachyphallus crenatus were found in copepods Pseudocalanus newmani and Acartia longiremis. This is the first record of the second intermediate hosts of this species in the North Pacific.

Subjects :: Animals
Pacific Ocean
Siberia
Copepoda parasitology
Trematoda physiology
Zooplankton parasitology

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