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Cribb, T. H.; Anderson, G. R.; Adlard, R. D.; Bray, R. A. (1998). A DNA-based demonstration of a three-host life-cycle for the Bivesiculidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 28(11): 1791-1795.
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10.1016/s0020-7519(98)00127-1 [view]
Cribb, T. H.; Anderson, G. R.; Adlard, R. D.; Bray, R. A.
1998
A DNA-based demonstration of a three-host life-cycle for the Bivesiculidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)
International Journal for Parasitology
28(11): 1791-1795
Publication
Immature bivesiculid trematodes collected from the intestine of Thalassomalunare (Labridae) are shown to be morphologically consistent with adults of Bivesicula claviformis from Epinephelus fasciatus (Serranidae). In addition, the immature bivesiculids have the same sequence for the second internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal DNA. Comparison with three other species of Bivesiculidae showed differences of between 23% and 30%. These results show that bivesiculids may have three-host life-cycles in addition to the two-host life-cycles that have been demonstrated previously. The three-host life-cycle enables bivesiculids to infect large carnivorous fishes.
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Bivesicula claviformis Yamaguti, 1934 (redescription)
Heron Reef for Bivesicula claviformis Yamaguti, 1934
Heron Reef for Bivesicula unexpecta Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1994
Heron Reef for Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, Reid & Kuntz, 1965
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Bivesicula claviformis Yamaguti, 1934
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Bivesicula unexpecta Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1994
Heron Reef for Bivesicula unexpecta Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1994
Heron Reef for Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, Reid & Kuntz, 1965
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Bivesicula claviformis Yamaguti, 1934
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Bivesicula unexpecta Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1994
