K. Niewiadomska et M. Niewiadomska-bugaj, Morphometric separation of Diplostomum spathaceum (Rud.) and D-mergi (Dubois) metacercariae (Digenea), ACT PARASIT, 43(4), 1998, pp. 209-213
The variability and diagnostic usefulness of morphological features of meta
cercariae of two Diplostomum species, D. spathaceum and D. mergi, were stud
ied on 104 and 85 specimens, respectively. Metacercariae were experimentall
y raised from cercariae in carp fry, Cyprinus carpio. Fourteen morphometric
features and eight indices have been analysed. While no single variable co
uld provide a classification with a reasonably small percentage of error, D
. spathaceum and D. mergi have been separated with a misclassification rate
less than 1% by applying a logistic regression model based on six signific
ant variables (five metrical features and one index).