In the article entitled “First report of Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887 naturally infected with Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trematoda: Digenea) in Machachi, Ecuador” recently published by Angel Villavicencio A and Mauricio Carvalho de Vasconcellos in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (vol. 100, issue 7, pages 735-737, November 2005), it is stated that their finding in Ecuador represe...

Aquatic macrophytes determine the physical structure of many microhabitats in water and strongly influence distribution various aquatic animals. In this study, we analyzed main microhabitat characteristics that affected spatial invertebrates shallow wetlands South Korea (Jangcheok Reservoir). Environmental variables, macrophyte biomass, invertebrate groups were used to analyze using a self-orga...

The fauna of freshwater gastropods the Arabian Peninsula, a desert land, is neither rich nor extensively studied. Only five species family Lymnaeidae have been recorded from this subcontinent so far. In February 2023, few specimens Radix rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1822) collected stream at Wadi Tiwi, NE Oman. shell, female part reproductive organs, prostate, paraeputium and phalloteca are presented...