Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 20879
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Viozzi G, Flores V, Rauque C (2005)
An ectosymbiotic flatworm, Temnocephala chilensis, as second intermediate host for Echinoparyphium megacirrus (Digenea : Echinostomatidae) in Patagonia (Argentina)
Journal of Parasitology 91(1): 229-231

Abstract / Notes

During a Survey of parasites of the Patagonian freshwater crab Aegla neuquensis neuquensis, its ectosymbiont Temnocephala chilensis was found parasitized with all echinostomatid metacercaria with 43 collar spines. Of the 414 T. chilensis collected, 106 were parasitized with metacercariae of Echinoparyphium sp. Ovigerous adults 017 IF. megacirrus were obtained front domestic chicks experimentally infected with metacercariae obtained from temnocephalans. This is the first record of temnocephalans being parasitized by digeneans.

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