On the crustacean hosts of larval acanthocephalan parasites of fishes from a coastal lagoon of River Po Delta.
A total of 4664 crustaceans of 2 species of gammarids (Gammarus insensibilis Stock, G. aequicauda Martynon) were collected and examined in search of larval helminth parasites. Larvae of Telosentis exiguus Von Linstow 1901 (Acanthocephala) were found in 6 out of 2806 G. insensibilis so far examined. This is the first record of an intermediate host for T. exiguus, of which a definitive host in Italy has already been indicated by us in Atherina boyeri.
Dezfuli
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Institute of Zoology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Franzoi
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Trisolini
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Rossi
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D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003445:Crustacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity