A LONGIFURCATE DISTOME CERCARIA FROM BULINUS-TRUNCATUS SNAILS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY, JORDAN

Authors
SALIBA EK ISMAIL NS
Citation
Ek. Saliba et Ns. Ismail, A LONGIFURCATE DISTOME CERCARIA FROM BULINUS-TRUNCATUS SNAILS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY, JORDAN, Japanese Journal of Medical Science & Biology, 49(5-6), 1996, pp. 201-207
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Japanese Journal of Medical Science & Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00215112
Volume
49
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-5112(1996)49:5-6<201:ALDCFB>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Bulinus truncatus snails collected from water bodies of the South Shun a region, north of the Dead Sea, were found infected with a pharyngeal longifurcate distome cercaria. This new form of cercaria is named Cer caria bulini I. It has three pairs of penetration glands, 12 pairs of flame cells, and lacks the intestinal cecae. This cercaria is an activ e swimmer and develops within an elongated sporocyst. Other details on the morphology, behavior, and development of C. bulini I are presente d.