Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology
Online ISSN : 1884-2828
Print ISSN : 0021-5112
ISSN-L : 0021-5112
A LONGIFURCATE DISTOME CERCARIA FROM BULINUS TRUNCATUS SNAILS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY, JORDAN
Elias K. SALIBANaim S. ISMAIL
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1996 Volume 49 Issue 5-6 Pages 201-207

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Bulinus truncatus snails collected from water bodies of the South Shuna region, north of the Dead Sea, were found infected with a pharyngeal longifurcate distome cercaria. This new form of cercaria is named Cercaria bulini I. It has three pairs of penetration glands, 12 pairs of flame cells, and lacks the intestinal cecae. This cercaria is an active swimmer and develops within an elongated sporocyst. Other details on the morphology, behavior, and development of C. bulini I are presented.

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