| the development of gymnophallus australis szidat, 1962 (digenea: gymnophallidae) from the patagonian coast (argentina) from metacercaria to adult, with an amended diagnosis of gymnophallus odhner, 1905. | parvatrema australis (szidat, 1962) szidat, 1965 was described based on larval stages found in specimens of the mussel mytilus edulis from the buenos aires province, argentina. although szidat later examined hundreds of mussels, this parasite has never been found again until now. in the present study, larval stages, including germinal sacs, found in mytilids from the patagonian coast were identified as p. australis. metacercariae were incubated in vitro at 39 degrees c in physiological solution ... | 2008 | 18030599 |