First Finding of Ornithodiplostomum scardinii (Schulman, 1952) Sudarikov et Kurotschkin, 1968 (Trematoda, Diplostomidae) in Rybinsk Reservoir

Autor: A. E. Zhokhov, M. N. Pugacheva
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Inland Water Biology. 13:104-106
ISSN: 1995-0837
1995-0829
DOI: 10.1134/s1995082920010174
Popis: During a parasitological survey of nonnative fish species—rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus—in the Rybinsk Reservoir, the metacercariae Ornithodiplostomum scardinii were found in its brain. This is the first find of this helminth in the Upper Volga basin. The rudd was infected with the prevalence 31.3%, with an intensity of 1–12 parasites per fish. Data on the current distribution of the trematode O. scardinii in the Volga River basin are provided.
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