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The rate of development and longevity of the monogenean skin parasite Entobdella soleae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

G. C. Kearn
G. C. Kearn
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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Abstract

Using soles (Solea solea) infected experimentally with oncomiracidia of the monogenean skin parasite Entobdella soleae, it was found that the parasite begins to assemble eggs at about 85 days post infection and may survive for as long as 6½12 months at 12± 1°C. Growth of the anterior hamuli continues throughout life but the growth rate decreases with time. The oldest (largest) parasites recovered from laboratory soles were similar in size to the largest parasites collected in the wild.

Keywords

Entobdella soleaeMonogeneagrowthlongevitysexual maturity
Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 340 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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