[Artemia sp. (Crustacea, Anostracea) as intermediate host of Eurycestus avoceti Clark, 1954 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea) (author's transl)].
Examination of Artemia sp. (Crustacé, Anostracé) for natural infection by cysticercoids of Flamingolepis liguloides, Cestode of the Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) shows the presence of three other cysticercoids of cestode parasites of the Flamingo in the hemocoele of the Branchiopode. A fourth one is reported as the cysticercoid of Eurycestus avoceti, Clark, 1954, which parasitizes the Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta). The systematic position of this Cestode is always unknown. This report shows the importance of Artemia in the life cycle of Cestodes of Anseriforms and Charadriiforms birds in saline lagoons.
D000818:Animals; D001156:Artemia / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D005602:France
Artemia sp. (Crustacé, Anostracé), hôte intermédiaire d' Eurycestus avoceti Clark, 1954 (Cestode Cyclophyllide) parasite de l'avocette en Camargue.