The Zoogonidae is the only digenean family where known cercariae lack tail but actively search for second intermediate host. However, data on zoogonid life cycles are scarce. In present study, we elucidated and verified of from White Sea. Using rDNA data, showed that Pseudozoogonoides subaequiporus utilizes gastropods Buccinidae as first host protobranch bivalves one. This cycle can be facultat...

Lancet liver flukes of the genus Dicrocoelium (Trematoda: Digenea) are recognised parasites domestic and wild herbivores. The aim present study was to confirm species identity Dicrocoeliid collected from Chitral valley in Himalayan ranges Pakistan. morphology 48 belonging eight host populations examined; but overlapping traits prevented accurate designation. Phylogenetic comparison published D....

Metacercariae of Gynaecotyla squatarolae (Digenea: Microphallidae) were discovered from the shore crab, Macrophthalmus dilatatus, purchased at a market in a coastal town of Taean-Eup, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea. Their adult flukes were confirmed by experimental infection of rats. The metacercariae of G. squatarolae were elliptical (391.1 x 362.5 micrometer), and the excysted metacerca...