PRESENCE OF POMPHORHYNCHUS-LAEVIS IN SALAMANDRA-SALAMANDRA

Authors
VEITH M ERPELDING G
Citation
M. Veith et G. Erpelding, PRESENCE OF POMPHORHYNCHUS-LAEVIS IN SALAMANDRA-SALAMANDRA, Journal of Helminthology, 69(3), 1995, pp. 267-268
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of Helminthology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022149X
Volume
69
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
267 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-149X(1995)69:3<267:POPIS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Infection of Salamandra salamandra larvae (Amphibia: Urodela) with the fish acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis was detected in a fish-fre e mountain brook. Gammarus fossarum was found to be the intermediate h ost. The parasites were probably inadvertently introduced through fish breeding practices. Evidence was obtained that Pomphorhynchus laevis persists, at least for several months, in postmetamorphic fire salaman ders.