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The Life History of Hypoderaeun essexensis n.sp., the Adult of Cercaria essexensis Khan, 1960*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

D Khan
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

Cercaria essexensis Khan, 1960 is shown to encyst in freshwater snails and to develop into a new species of Hypoderaeum when fed to pigeons, chickens and ducklings. Different stages in the life history, except the redia and the cercaria which have been described before, are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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