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Transmission route used by parasitic lasidium larvae of the freshwater mussel Anodontites trapesialis on guppies Poecilia reticulata during short cohabitation Cover

Transmission route used by parasitic lasidium larvae of the freshwater mussel Anodontites trapesialis on guppies Poecilia reticulata during short cohabitation

Helminthologia
Volume 59 (2022): Issue 1 (March 2022)
By: M. I. Grano-Maldonado,  I. B. Madureira,  N. S. S. Trigueiro,  N. V. Gonçalves and  T. L. Rocha  
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Fig. 1

Male (A – B) and female (C – D) guppy Poecilia reticulata infected with lasidium larvae of Anodontites trapesialis.
Male (A – B) and female (C – D) guppy Poecilia reticulata infected with lasidium larvae of Anodontites trapesialis.

Fig. 2

The number of lasidium larvae on the skin of male and female P. reticulata per region (A). The total number of larvae per sex (B). R. pectoral fins: right pectoral fins; L. pectoral fins: left pectoral fins. Values expressed on mean ± SD.
The number of lasidium larvae on the skin of male and female P. reticulata per region (A). The total number of larvae per sex (B). R. pectoral fins: right pectoral fins; L. pectoral fins: left pectoral fins. Values expressed on mean ± SD.

Fig. 3

Histological section of infected P. reticulata with lasidium larvae of A. trapesialis. Arrow indicates the hyaline barrier and asterisks the fish muscle. Technique: skin embedded in glycol-methacrylate resin and stained with 1 % toluidine blue pH 8.5. Scale bars: 20 μm (A) and 10 μm (B).
Histological section of infected P. reticulata with lasidium larvae of A. trapesialis. Arrow indicates the hyaline barrier and asterisks the fish muscle. Technique: skin embedded in glycol-methacrylate resin and stained with 1 % toluidine blue pH 8.5. Scale bars: 20 μm (A) and 10 μm (B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2022-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 104 - 110
Submitted on: Feb 15, 2021
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Accepted on: Mar 15, 2022
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Published on: May 4, 2022
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Freshwater,
bivalve,
environmental interaction,
lasidium larvae,
parasitism,
histology
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2022 M. I. Grano-Maldonado, I. B. Madureira, N. S. S. Trigueiro, N. V. Gonçalves, T. L. Rocha, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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