FISH AS PARATENIC HOSTS OF SERPINEMA-TRISPINOSUM (LEIDY, 1852) (NEMATODA, CAMALLANIDAE)

Authors
MORAVEC F MENDOZAFRANCO E VIVASRODRIGUEZ C
Citation
F. Moravec et al., FISH AS PARATENIC HOSTS OF SERPINEMA-TRISPINOSUM (LEIDY, 1852) (NEMATODA, CAMALLANIDAE), The Journal of parasitology, 84(2), 1998, pp. 454-456
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
454 - 456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1998)84:2<454:FAPHOS>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Third-stage larvae of the nematode Serpinema trispinosum (Leidy, 1852) were collected from the intestine of the freshwater cichlid, Cichlaso ma urophthalmus (Gunther), from a small lake in Yucatan, Mexico. This is the first record of Serpinema larvae from fishes, and their presenc e may reflect the importance of fishes as paratenic hosts of turtle pa rasites in this genus.