Trematodes of the family Heterophyidae (Digenea) in Mexico: a review of species and new host and geographical records
| Autor: | Tomáš Scholz, M. L. Aguirre-Macedo, Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Centrocestus formosanus
biology Bacteria Ecology Gemina Zoology Plagiorchiida Aquatic animal Biodiversity Flavobacteriales biology.organism_classification Digenea Aquatic organisms Bacteroidota Bacteroidia Helminths Animalia Taxonomy (biology) Platyhelminthes Trematoda Family heterophyidae Heterophyidae Flavobacteriaceae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy |
| Popis: | A review of heterophyid trematodes found in Mexico, both as metacercariae encysted in fish and adults in fish-eating birds and mammals, is presented, including numerous new geographical and host records. Data on the morphology, spectrum of intermediate and definitive hosts, site of infection of metacercariae, distribution in Mexico and biology of the following species are provided (species first reported from Mexico marked with an asterisk): *Ascocotyle (Ascocotyle) gemina Font, Overstreet and Heard, 1984; A. (A.) leighi Burton, 1956; A. (A.) tenuicollis Price, 1935; A. (Leighia) chandleri Lumsden, 1963; *A. (L.) mcintoshi Price, 1936; A. (L.) megalocephala Price, 1932; A. (L.) nunezae Scholz, Vargas-Vazquez, Vidal-Martinez and Aguirre-Macedo, 1997; Ascocotyle (Leighia) sp.; *A. (Phagicola) ampullacea Miller and Harkema, 1962; A. (P.) diminuta Stunkard and Haviland, 1924; A. (P.) macrostoma (Robinson, 1956); *A. (P.) longa Ransom, 1920; A. (P.) nana Ransom, 1920; Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924);... |
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