Observations on Neoechinorhynchus emydis (Leidy), an Acanthocephalan Parasite of Turtles

1 February 1948

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology

Vol. 34 (1) , 51-54
https://doi.org/10.2307/3273241

Abstract

The juvenile N. emydis is descr. from the fresh-water snails, Campeloma rufum and Ceriphasia semicarinata, from Kentucky. Two types of anterior proboscis hooks are descr.: one larger and thicker and the other shorter and thinner. One of the former is set between and a little lower on the proboscis than 2 of the latter, forming a triangle. A similar pattern was observed in adult N. emydis as well as other spp. of the genus. Infection of snail host apparently is greater in late summer than in midwinter and spring.

Keywords

NEMATODES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Studies on the Life Cycle of Campeloma rufum, A Fresh-Water Snail
The American Naturalist, 1937
Acanthocephala from the Illinois River, with Descriptions of Species and a Synopsis of the Family Neoechinorhynchidae
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 1919