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Monorchiid and aporocotylid cercariae (Digenea) parasitising the purple clam Amiantis purpurata (Bivalvia, Veneridae) from the Southwestern Atlantic coast

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Two cercariae, one of them ocellate and with well developed tail (Monorchiidae) and another apharyngeate brevifurcocercous (Aporocotylidae), parasite of Amiantis purpurata (Lamarck, 1818) (Bivalvia, Veneridae) from the Patagonian coast on the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, are described. These reports comprise the second monorchiid intramolluscan infection reported for the Southern Hemisphere and first intramolluscan aporocotylid for the Southern Hemisphere. In addition, this constitutes the first report of aporocotylid intramolluscan stages (parthenita) occupying only the haemocoel of the gills of a marine molluscan host rather than the digestive gland and gonad, the usual site of infection.

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  1. Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Chubut, Argentina

    Carmen Gilardoni, Guadalupe Posadas & Florencia Cremonte

  2. Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera “Almirante Storni” (UNC-GPRN), C.C. 104, 8520, San Antonio Oeste, Argentina

    Marina Andrea Kroeck

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Gilardoni, C., Posadas, G., Kroeck, M.A. et al. Monorchiid and aporocotylid cercariae (Digenea) parasitising the purple clam Amiantis purpurata (Bivalvia, Veneridae) from the Southwestern Atlantic coast. Acta Parasit. 56, 385–391 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-011-0074-2

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