[The life cycle of Gorgoderina rochalimai Pereira and Cuocolo, 1940, a Digenea parasite of Bufo marinus in Guadeloupe].
The sporocysts of G. rochalimai were found in Guadeloupe, in the bivalve Mollusc Sphaeriidae Eupera viridans. The cystocercous cercariae are ingested by Odonatan larvae in which the encystement occurs. The Toad Bufo marinus is the definitive host of the parasite. The life-cycle of G. rochalimai shows close similarities with the ones already known in many other speicies of Gorgoderidae.
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000469:parasitology; D002024:Bufo marinus / Q000469:parasitology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014900:West Indies
Le cycle biologique de Gorgoderina rochalimai Pereira et Cuocolo, 1940, Digène parasite de Bufo marinus en Guadeloupe