Abnormalities in adult digeneans, with special reference to Phyllodistomum umblae (Fabricius) (Platyhelminthes, Gorgoderidae)

• Published in: Zoologica Scripta
• Main Author: BAKKE, TOR A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Genetics; Molecular Biology; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Norway; Nordmarka; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00089.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1463-6409.1988.tb00089.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00089.x

During examination of a large sample of Phyllodistomum umblae from Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus , in Lake Tokke (Drangedal, type locality) and Lake Katnosa (Nordmarka, vicinity of Oslo), Norway, several abnormalities were found in the adult specimens. The paper describes the abnormal cases recove...