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Breathing Movements in Entobdella Soleae (Trematoda, Monogenea) from the Skin of the Common Sole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. C. Kearn
G. C. Kearn
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, theUniversity of Birmingham
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An undulating movement of the body was observed in Entobdella soleae, a monogenean found on the blind surface of a mud-dwelling flat-fish, Solea solea, at Plymouth. The movement is described and shown to have a breathing function, the rate of undulation increasing with decreasing oxygen content of the ambient sea water and vice versa.

The relationship between the movement and micro-habitat is discussed and the phenomenon is compared with breathing movements in other muddwelling animals.

A similar movement was noted in three other skin-parasitic monogeneans: Acanthocotyle sp. from Raia clavata, Pseudocotyle squatinae from Squatina squatina and Leptocotyle minor from Scyliorhinus canicula.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , February 1962 , pp. 93 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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