Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory

Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory

In the Seto Inland Sea of western Japan, metacercariae of three species of trematodes, Lepotrema clavatum Ozaki, 1932, Cephalolepidapedon saba Yamaguti, 1970, and Opechona olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934), were found in the mesoglea of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l., Chrysaora pacifica, and Cyanea nozaki...

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Main Authors: Kondo Yusuke, Ohtsuka Susumu, Hirabayashi Takeshi, Okada Shoma, Ogawa Nanako O., Ohkouchi Naohiko, Shimazu Takeshi, Nishikawa Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:Parasite
Subjects:
trematodes
scyphozoans
intermediate host
paratenic host
medusivory
trophic relationships
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016016

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016016

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