Corynosoma acanthocephalans in their paratenic fish hosts in the northern Baltic Sea

Cystacanth stages of three Corynosoma (Acanthocephala) species, C. strumosum and C. semerme, and a new species in the Bothnian Bay, C. magdaleni, were studied in the fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) in 1996-1997. The length of the trunk and proboscis differentiated the three species in...

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Main Authors: Sinisalo T., Valtonen E.T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2003-09-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2003103227