[Life cycle of a trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (Cyathocotylidae) in conditions of Primor'e].
Description of a life cycle and development stages of a trematode Holostephanus nipponicus Yamaguti, 1939 is given. Experimental studies have shown that in Primorye, the first intermediate host is commonly a snail Parafossarulus spiridonovi, and the second hosts are freshwater fishes Rhodeus sericeus sericeus and Pseudorasbora parva. Adult worms H. nipponicus were reared in a chicken.
D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D012426:Russia; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification