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Observations on the life-cycle of Psilotrema oligoon (Linstow, 1887) Odhner, 1913, and on the larval stages of two other psilostome trematodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Alan W. Pike
Alan W. Pike
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University College, Cardiff, and Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology*, St Albans, U.K.
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The species described in this paper were found in Bithynia tentaculata from the Wentloog level, near Cardiff, South Wales. The larval stages of Psilotrema oligoon are redescribed and the taxonomy of the adults discussed. C. frondicola sp.nov. is a psilostome cercaria which has the probable flame-cell formula 2 [4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 3] = 44. It emerges at night or during early morning, is positively phototactic and will not normally encyst on anything but vegetation. C. granocutis sp.nov. is also a psilostome cercaria; it is very small and has the probable flame-cell formula 2 [3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3] = 30. It emerges during the afternoon and will encyst freely on a variety of substrata.

I thank Professor J. Brough of the Zoology Department, Cardiff, for the facilities provided, Dr D. A. Erasmus for supervising and encouraging this work and Dr S. M. Willmott, Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, for providing library facilities. This study was carried out during the tenure of a D.S.I.R. research studentship.

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Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 171 - 183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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