| molecular characterization of stictodora tridactyla (trematoda: heterophyidae) from kuwait bay using rdna its and mtco1. | stictodora tridactyla is an intestinal fluke in the family heterophyidae that parasitizes shorebirds and mammals, including humans. its metacercarial cyst stage was reported in the arabian killifish, aphanius dispar, at kuwait bay. in the present study, cerithidea cingulata was found to serve as the first intermediate host of s. tridactyla. in order to establish the snail-fish link in the life cycle of s. tridactyla, complete sequences of ribosomal dna internal transcribed spacer region 1 and 2 ... | 2015 | 26268569 |
| surface ultrastructure of stictodora tridactyla (trematoda: heterophyidae) from kuwait bay. | the surface morphology of stictodora tridactyla recovered from a kitten that was fed the killifish, aphanius dispar, naturally infected with the metacercariae was studied using scanning electron microscopy. the body comprised a rounded head, elongate neck, and widely pyriform hind-body. the head bore a circular oral sucker on the ventral side, and concentric rows of peg-like cephalic spines on the dorsal side. the oral sucker was armed with pre-oral spines similar in shape and size to the cephal ... | 2000 | 10729711 |