| morphological and molecular analysis of metacercariae of diphtherostomum brusinae (stossich, 1888) stossich, 1903 from a new bivalve host mytilus galloprovincialis. | the digenean trematode diphtherostomum brusinae (stossich, 1888) stossich, 1903 presents a complex life cycle that may involve more than one intermediate host. the present study represents the first description of the metacercariae from d. brusinae infecting the labial palps of a new intermediate host, mytilus galloprovincialis, in the aveiro estuary, portugal. the morphology of this parasitic stage was studied by light (lm) and scanning electron microscopy (sem) and some differences were report ... | 2010 | 20701832 |