Mactra veneriformis, an Intertidal Clam, as a New Second Intermediate Host for Acanthoparyphium marilae (Digenea: Echinostomatidae).
10.3347/kjp.2008.46.2.101
- Author:
Eun Taek HAN
1
;
Jong Yil CHAI
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Comparative Study
- Keywords:
Acanthoparyphium marilae;
echinostome;
metacercaria;
chick;
intertidal bivalve;
clam
- MeSH:
Animals;
Bivalvia/*parasitology;
Chickens;
Echinostomatidae/anatomy & histology/cytology/*isolation & purification;
*Host-Parasite Interactions;
Korea;
Trematode Infections/parasitology/veterinary
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2008;46(2):101-104
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Metacercariae of Acanthoparyphium marilae Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) were discovered in an intertidal clam, Mactra veneriformis, in a southwestern coastal area of the Republic of Korea. A total of 128 metacercariae were detected from 10 clams examined. They were round, 320 m in average diameter, with 23 collar spines. They were fed experimentally to chicks, and 10 days later adult flukes were obtained. The adults were morphologically characterized by the head collar with a single row of 23 dorsally uninterrupted spines, without special end group spines, a round ventral sucker, 2 round and tandem testes, and vitellaria extending at lateral fields from the posterior extremity not beyond the middle level of the posterior testis. The most characteristic feature of this species was the limited distribution of vitellaria, which differs from Acanthoparyphium tyosenense Yamaguti, 1939, the metacercariae of which are encysted in the same mollusk species. This is the first report in which the metacercariae of this species were detected, and the intertidal bivalve, M. veneriformis, has been identified as a second intermediate host for A. marilae.
