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1 July 2012 Additional Host, Distribution, and Prevalence Records for Alloglossidium caridicolum and Alloglossidium dolandi (Digenea: Macroderoididae), Parasites of Procambarid Crayfish Inhabiting the Coastal Plains of the Southeastern United States
Hugh M. Turner
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Abstract

Examination of antennal glands of 11 specimens of Procambarus zonangulus, from a single locality in Texas and those of 4 specimens of Procambarus blandingii, from a single locality in South Carolina, indicated infections with adult Alloglossidium spp. Prevalence of Alloglossidium caridicolum in P. zonangulus was 18.2%, and that of Alloglossidium dolandi in P. blandingii was 100%. Both collections represented new hosts and distribution records for both digene species.

Hugh M. Turner "Additional Host, Distribution, and Prevalence Records for Alloglossidium caridicolum and Alloglossidium dolandi (Digenea: Macroderoididae), Parasites of Procambarid Crayfish Inhabiting the Coastal Plains of the Southeastern United States," Comparative Parasitology 79(2), 338-339, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1654/4579.1
Published: 1 July 2012
KEYWORDS
Alloglossidium caridicolum
Alloglossidium dolandi
crayfish
Digenea
distribution
Macroderoididae
new host record
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