On some cestodes parasitizing freshwater fish in Italy.
The paper presents a systematic survey of some cestodes parasitizing freshwater fish in Italy. The following eight species were recorded: Monobothrium wageneri, Cyathocephalus truncatus, Triaenophorus nodulosus (plerocercoids and adults), Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, B. claviceps, Ligula intestinalis (plerocercoids), Schistocephalus sp. (plerocercoids) and Proteocephalus percae from Perca fluviatilis which is reported from freshwater fish in Italy for the first time. All the tapeworms recovered are described and figured.
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Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Science, Ceske Budejovice.
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Di Cave
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Orecchia
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D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D007558:Italy; D013045:Species Specificity