Open AccessThe Taxonomic Survey of the Cercarial Fauna (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) in the Molluscs of Uzbekistan
Author(s) -
У. А. Шакарбаев,
Ф. Д. Акрамова,
Д. А. Азимов
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zoodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-7268
pISSN - 2707-725X
DOI - 10.15407/zoo2020.06.505
Subject(s) - trematoda , fauna , biology , gastropoda , mollusca , digenea , zoology , flatworm , ecology , larva , freshwater mollusc , bivalvia , helminths , schistosomiasis
The article provides a list of trematodes cercariae found in the molluscs of Uzbekistan based on the analysis and generalisation of well-known data published in the period between 1934 and 2019. Currently, the list comprises 50 trematode species belonging to 38 genera, 22 families of trematodes, the adult forms of which parasitise vertebrates (fish, amphibians, birds and mammals), including the human being. The cercariae were discovered in 38 mollusc species belonging to Gastropoda and Bivalvia. The discovered larvae comprised 12 morphotype groups of cercariae.