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Life Cycle and Developmental Stages of Philophthalmus gralli in the Intermediate and Final Hosts

1962; American Society of Parasitologists; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3275409

1937-2345

Joseph E. Alicata,

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Preliminary and partial information on the development of Philophthalmus sp. in the molluscan host in Hawaii was reported by Alicata and Noda in 1960. Recently this parasite was identified by Ching (1961) as P. gralli Mathis and Leger, 1910. The purpose of this paper is to give an account of all the developmental stages of the parasite in the molluscan host as well as some information on the early migration of the parasite in the final host. Measurements of some