| gigantobilharzia melanoidis n.sp. (trematoda: schistosomatidae) from melanoides tuberculata (gastropoda: thiaridae) in the united arab emirates. | delicate filamentous schistosomatids detected in the intestinal veins of experimentally infected chickens are here described as a new parasite species, gigantobilharzia melanoidis, and details of its life cycle are given. it is the first complete description of a schistosome species that uses melanoides tuberculata as an intermediate host. apharyngeate ocellate brevifurcate cercariae found in 65 out of 950 m. tuberculata collected in a pond in al aweer, united arab emirates were used as infectio ... | 2014 | 24322292 |