Title
Anatomical studies of sibling species within Neotropical lymnaeids, snail intermediate hosts of fascioliasis
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pointier J.
Cazzaniga N.
González-Salas C.
Gutiérrez A.
Bargues M.
Mas-Coma S.
Publisher(s)
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
Abstract
Several anatomical parameters of the reproductive system have been used to distinguish Lymnaea cubensis from L. viatrix, the snail hosts of fascioliasis in South America and the Caribbean area. Three samples have been collected in the type localities of L. cubensis (Cuba), L. viatrix var. A ventricosa (Argentina, Río Negro Lower Valley), and L. viatrix var. B elongata (Peru, Lima), respectively. Only one parameter, the relative lengths of the penis sheath and preputium, showed significant differences between L. viatrix var. ventricosa and the two other taxa. None of the studied parameters separated L. cubensis from L. viatrix var. elongata.
Start page
431
End page
435
Volume
101
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Otros temas de Biología
Ecología
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33747106615
PubMed ID
Source
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
ISSN of the container
00740276
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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