Open AccessThe Discovery of the Intermediate Host for the Trematode Moliniella anceps (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) in Ukraine
Author(s) -
Olena Kudlai
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vestnik zoologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2073-2333
pISSN - 0084-5604
DOI - 10.2478/v10058-009-0014-x
Subject(s) - trematoda , biology , lymnaea stagnalis , intermediate host , parasite hosting , zoology , host (biology) , ecology , helminths , snail , world wide web , computer science
The Discovery of the Intermediate Host for the Trematode Moliniella anceps (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) in Ukraine The freshwater molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) are first reported as intermediate hosts of the trematode Moliniella anceps (Molin, 1859) Hübner, 1939, the parasite of meadow birds (Rallidae), in Ukraine (Dneprodzerzhynsk Reservoir, Poltavska oblast). Description and figure of metacercariae are provided.