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Egg-laying and hatching rhythms in the monogenean Diplozoon homoion gracile from the southern barbel (Barbus meridionalis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

S. Macdonald  and
A. Jones
S. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Départment de Biologie Animale, Centre Universitaire, Perpignan, France
A. Jones
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Helminthology, 103 St. Peter's Street, St. Albans, England
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Abstract

Diplozoon homoion gracile from the southern barbel (Barbus meridionalis) displays an egg-laying and an egg hatching rhythm, the latter being more clearly defined. Egg laying continues both day and night but significantly more eggs are laid at night. The oncomiracidia hatch at dusk. If parasite eggs are eaten by the host they pass through the gut undamaged and hatch normally.

Type
Reasearch Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 1978 , pp. 23 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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