Physa sayii, a New Intermediate Host for the Turtle Lung Fluke, Heronimus chelydrae (Trematoda: Heronimidae)
- 1 December 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 46 (6) , 813-814
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3275542
Abstract
Two of 6 laboratory-reared Physa sayii exposed to miracidia of Heronimus chelydrae developed typical sporocysts possessing pulsatile lateral branches. Sporocysts were recovered 24 and 36 days post-exposure. Five of 13 laboratory-reared Physa gyrina also were positive. P. savii is the 3d physid now known capable of harboring the sporocyst generation of the turtle lung fluke.Keywords
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- The Life History and Affinities of the Turtle Lung Fluke, Heronimus chelydrae Maccallum, 1902Journal of Parasitology, 1960