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Parasite
Volume 1, Number 2, June 1994
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Page(s) | 161 - 165 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1994012161 | |
Published online | 30 September 2014 |
Mémoire
Description of cysticercoid of Coronacanthus vassilevi Genov, 1980 (Cestoda : hymenolepididae)
Description du cysticercoide de Coronacanthus vassilevi Genov, 1980 (Cestoda : Hymenolepididae)
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev-30, 252601, Ukraine.
Accepted: 17 April 1994
Genus Coronacanthus Spassky, 1954 contains three species - C. integra (Hamann, 1891), C. omissa (Baer et Joyeux, 1943) and C. vassilevi Genov, 1980 - but larval stages of only first two species were described before. During 1991 -1993 cysticercoids of all three species were found from gammarid crustaceans in Eastern Carpathians. The article contains an illustrated description of the cysticercoid of C. vassilevi. It differs considerably from the formerly known Coronacanthus larvae by the egg-shaped (not lens-shaped) form of the cyst, absence of marginal thickening of the cyst wall, by the shape and length of cercomer and, besides, by the invagination of the anterior part of the scolex. Microvilli on the cyst surface were not detected with light microscope. Cercomer of C. vassilevi is narrow and very long as for mammalian hymenolepi- did (4.7 to 8 times longer than cyst). The number (37-38), length (8-9 μm) and shape of rostellar hooks well correspond to those of adult worms (Genov, 1980).
Résumé
Le genre Coronacanthus Spassky, 1954 est composé de 3 espèces : C. integra (Hamann, 1891), C. omissa (Baer et Joyeux, 1943) et C. vassilevi Genov, 1980. Les stades larvaires des 2 premières espèces étaient les seuls connus jusqu'à présent. Au cours des années 1991-1993, les cysticercoïdes des 3 espèces ont été récoltés chez des Gammarides des Carpates orientales. L'article décrit et illustre celui de C. vassilevi. Il se distingue aisément des autres larves de Coronacanthus décrites par la forme ovale de son kyste, sa paroi non épaissie, par l'invagination de la partie antérieure du scolex, et enfin par la forme et la longueur du cercomère. Ce dernier est très étroit et remarquablement long parmi les Hyménolépididés de mammifères (4.7 à 8 fois plus long que le kyste). Le nombre (37-38), la longueur (8-9 μm) et la configuration des crochets rostraux correspondent à ceux des cestodes adultes (Genov, 1980).
Key words: Hymenolepid idae / Coronacanthus vassilevi Genov, 1980 / cysticercoid / gammarid crustaceans
Mots clés : Hymenolepididae / Coronacanthus vassilevi Genov, 1980 / cysticercoïde / gammaride
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 1994, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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