<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Specimens of the snails <italic>Anisus centrifugops</italic> were infected with two types of cercariae relating to the genus <italic>Diplodiscus,</italic> differing from each other by body and organ sizes were found in a pond in the territory of Vladivostok (Primorsky region, Russia). Further study of their morphology and life cycles allowed us to establish that these flukes belong to <italic>Diplodiscus japonicus</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helm-2017-0049_ref_023_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1ab1ac23Aa">Yamaguti, 1936</xref>) and <italic>D. mehrai</italic> Pande, 1937. Morphological and molecular data confirmed the validity of <italic>D. japonicus</italic> which had previously been synonymized with <italic>D. amphichrus</italic> Tubangui, 1933 and <italic>D. mehrai</italic> Pande, 1937.</p></abstract>

Specimens of the snails Anisus centrifugops were infected with two types of cercariae relating to the genus Diplodiscus, differing from each other by body and organ sizes were found in a pond in the territory of Vladivostok (Primorsky region, Russia). Further study of their morphology and life cycles allowed us to establish that these flukes belong to Diplodiscus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1936) and D. mehrai Pande, 1937. Morphological and molecular data confirmed the validity of D. japonicus which had previously been synonymized with D. amphichrus Tubangui, 1933 and D. mehrai Pande, 1937.

<italic>Diplodiscus mehrai</italic> Pande, 1937 and <italic>D. japonicus</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helm-2017-0049_ref_023_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1ab1ac23Aa">Yamaguti, 1936</xref>): morphology of developmental stages and molecular data

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS

Department of Biodiversity and marine bioresoures

Helminthologia

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Specimens of the snails Anisus centrifugops were infected with two types of cercariae relating to the genus Diplodiscus, differing from each other by body and...

Diplodiscus mehrai Pande, 1937 and D. japonicus (Yamaguti, 1936): morphology of developmental stages and molecular data

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 60 - 69

Received: Mar 29, 2017

Accepted: Aug 23, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0049

Keywords
life cycle, cercariae, metacercariae, adult worm

© 2018 V. V. Besprozvannykh et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diplodiscus mehrai Pande, 1937 and D. japonicus (Yamaguti, 1936): morphology of developmental stages and molecular data

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 60 - 69

Received: Mar 29, 2017

Accepted: Aug 23, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0049

Keywordslife cycle, cercariae, metacercariae, adult worm

© 2018 V. V. Besprozvannykh et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
life cycle, cercariae, metacercariae, adult worm