On The Life-Cycle Stages Of Proctoeces-maculatus (Digenea, Fellodistomidae) In Mussels And Fishes From Galveston Bay, Texas

Authors

WJ Wardle, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

1980

Journal

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volume

30

Issue

3

First Page

737

Last Page

743

Abstract

Cercaria brachidontis Hopkins, 1954, previously known from Louisiana, is reported from its type host, the hooked mussel Ischadium recurvum (Raf.) collected in Galveston Bay, Texas. The metacercarial stage of C. brachidontis is reported from both I. recurvum and the platform mussel Mytilopsis leucopheata (Conrad) and the parasite is referred to Proctoeces maculatus (Looss, 1901) Odhner, 1911. An adult fluke of the same species is reported from the hindgut of the sheepshead, Archosargus prohatocephalus (Walbaum) (Osteichthyes, Sparidae), collected from Galveston Bay.

Recommended Citation

Wardle, WJ, On The Life-Cycle Stages Of Proctoeces-maculatus (Digenea, Fellodistomidae) In Mussels And Fishes From Galveston Bay, Texas (1980). Bulletin of Marine Science, 30(3), 737-743.
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