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Parasite
Volume 19, Number 3, August 2012
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Page(s) | 277 - 280 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012193277 | |
Published online | 15 August 2012 |
Research note
Prosorhynchus crucibulum (Digenea: Bucephalidae) miracidium morphology and its passive transmission pattern
Morphologie et mode de transmission passive du miracidium de Prosorhynchus crucibulum (Digenea: Bucephalidae)
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n., FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal, and CIMAR Laboratório Associado / CIIMAR, Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
* Correspondence: Maria João Santos. Tel.: 351 220 402 805 – Fax: 351 220 402 709. E-mail: mjsantos@fc.up.pt
Received:
26
April
2012
Accepted:
7
May
2012
The characterization of Prosorhynchus crucibulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1905 egg and miracidium is important in order to better understand the transmission dynamics between the definitive host and the primary host, the mussel. In this way, the objective of this work was to study the miracidia morphology, in order to evaluate if this species belongs to the group of passive or active transmission larvae. The morphology of eggs is similar to the ones presented by other Prosorhynchus species, with a small size of 26 × 17 μm, and four-five times smaller than the ones of Fasciola hepatica. The number of eggs produced per worm was around 6,760 (4,236-8,401), which was four-five times higher than in F. hepatica. The miracidia presented small dimensions 24 × 15 μm (23-25 × 13-15 μm range), a long stylet, two ciliated epithelial plates, very long cilia (12.7 μm) and absence of terebratorium and eyespots. Those features of the miracidia suggest that P. crucibulum belongs to the group of passively infecting larvae.
Résumé
La morphologie des oeufs et du miracidium de Prosorhynchus crucibulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1905 est importante afin de mieux comprendre le mode de transmission entre l’hôte définitif et l’hôte intermédiaire, la moule. L’objectif de ce travail était d’étudier la morphologie du miracidium afin de savoir si l’espèce appartient au groupe des larves à transmission passive ou active. La morphologie des oeufs est semblable à celle d’autres espèces de Prosorhynchus, avec une taille de 26 × 17 μm, quatre-cinq fois plus petite que celle de Fasciola hepatica. Le nombre moyen d’oeufs produits par ver est de 6 760 (4 236-8 401), quatre-cinq fois plus élevé que celui observé avec F. hepatica. Le miracidium est également de petite dimension, 24 × 15 μm (23-25 × 13-15 μm), avec un long stylet, les deux plans épithéliaux ciliés, des cils de dimension très longue (12,7 μm) et l’absence de terebratorium et d’ocelle. Ces caractéristiques du miracidium de P. crucibulum suggèrent que l’espèce appartient au groupe des larves à infection passive.
Key words: Prosorhynchus crucibulum / egg / miracidia / transmission / morphology
Mots clés : Prosorhynchus crucibulum / oeuf / miracidium / transmission / morphologie
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