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Flukes from Lithoglyphus
The prosobranch snail
Lithoglyphus naticoides
(C. Pfeiffer, 1928), an invasive species for Central Europe,
originated from the Ponto-Caspian region, is intermediate host
for more than 10 species of trematodes. During a few years of
L. naticoides population investigation in Lithuania
(dammed up Nemunas River near Kaunas), and additional sampling
from 2 lakes in Belarus and Hungary (Danube River near Budapest
and Balaton Lake), we detected 8 fluke species previously
described in other studies - Apophallus muehlingi,
Xiphidiocercaria sp. 1, Xiphidiocercaria sp.
2, Sanquinicola sp., Paleorchis sp.,
Notocotylus sp., Crowcrocaecum skrjabini,
Spelotrema sp. - and 3 new species for
L. naticoides:
adult of Aspidogaster conchicola, parthenitae of
Echinochasmus sp. and metacercariae of Tetracotyle
sp. (Strigeidae).
This page and http://helminths.ekoi.lt/index_en.htm were supported by a grant LEK-10/2010 from the Research Council of Lithuania |
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Apophallus muehlingi cercaria |
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Crowcrocaecum skrjabini
redia |
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Crowcrocaecum skrjabini
cercaria |
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Echinochasmus sp. redia |
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Echinochasmus sp. cercaria |
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Notocotylus sp. redia |
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Notocotylus sp. cercaria |
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Palaeorchis sp. redia |
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Palaeorchis sp. cercaria |
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Sanguinicola sp. cercaria |
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Xiphidiocercaria sp.1 sporocist
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Xiphidiocercaria sp.1 cercaria |
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Xiphidiocercaria sp.2 cercaria |
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Tetracotyle sp. metacercaria |
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Spelotrema sp. metacercaria |
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This page was supported by
a
grant LEK-10/2010 from the
Research Council of Lithuania
Created by Virmantas Stunzenas
and Grazina Staneviciute
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