Prosthogonimus cuneatus (Digenea, Prosthogonimidae) in Bithynia tentaculata mollusks in Ukraine Cover Image

Prosthogonimus cuneatus (digenea, prosthogonimidae) з молюсків bithynia tentaculata в україні
Prosthogonimus cuneatus (Digenea, Prosthogonimidae) in Bithynia tentaculata mollusks in Ukraine

Author(s): Y. P. Zhytova, A. M. Yemets
Subject(s): Sociobiology
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: Digenea; Prosthogonimidae; Ukraine; morphology;

Summary/Abstract: Parthenitae and larvae of Prosthogonimus cuneatus Rudolphi, 1809 in the fresh water mollusk Bithynia tentaculata s were firstly found in the eastern Polissya (the Psel river bend, Sumy oblast). The paper presents the morphological characteristics of the P. cuneatus cercariae. Comparative analysis of the dimensional data of P. cuneatus sporocysts and larvae with their parthenitae and larvae described by T. A. Krasnolobova (1961), L. F. Filimonova and V. I. Shalyapina (1980), and E. Arystanov (1986) from B. tentaculata, B. inflata and B. caerulans mollusks was made.

  • Issue Year: 19/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-35
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Ukrainian