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Some Parasites of Sagitta bipunctata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Marie V. Lebour
Affiliation:
Assistant Lecturer in Zoology, Leeds University. Temporary Naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory.

Extract

Sagitta has been several times noticed as a host for various parasitic worms, notably a larval nematode and several trematodes. Larval cestodes have also been seen in it. It is exceeding voracious and apparently eats almost any animal food, especially its own species and small Crustacea, so that it is not to be wondered at if it forms a convenient intermediate host for many worms, and as Sagitta itself is an important fish food it naturally follows that the adults of these parasitic worms are usually found in fish as their final hosts. So far, however, the life histories of the larval forms hitherto found have not been determined, so we are pleased to be able to identify two trematodes belonging to well-known species which inhabit Sagitta as intermediate host and fish as the final host.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1917

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