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Seven new types of cercariae are described from the freshwater snailMelanopsis praemorsa (L. 1758, Buccinum) collected from Yarmouk River, north Jordan, during 1982: two virgulate xiphidiocercariae, a microcotylous xiphidiocercaria belonging to the “Pusilla” sub-type, a brevifurcate lophocercous cercaria, a microcercous cercaria, and two pleurolophocercous cercariae. These cercariae are namedCercaria melanopsi I throughVII. Details are presented on the morphology and behavior of the cercariae as well as on their development within the snail. The relationships between these cercariae and adult trematodes reported from Jordan are discussed.
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Ismail, N.S., Abdel-Hafez, S.K. Larval stages of digenetic trematodes ofMelanopsis praemorsa (L. 1758, Buccinum) (Thiaridae) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan. Z. Parasitenkd. 69, 613–626 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926672
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