Experimental verification of the metacercarial stage of Rhipidocotyle lepisostei (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) with notes on the natural occurrence of its adult stage in gars in Texas and Virginia.

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dc.call-noAcc# 2512en_US
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dc.contributor.authorWardle, W.J.en_US
dc.contributor.otherJournal of Parasitologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:56:52Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:56:52Z
dc.date.issued1990en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 293-295.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractBucephalid metacercariae found encysted in the caudal fin rays of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) were fed to bucephalid-free spotted gars (Lepisosteus oculatus) in the laboratory. Gravid specimens of Rhipidocotyle lepisostei were recovered from the intestinal tracts of 2 of 3 gars from 7 to 28 days later. Further attempts to complete the entire life cycle were unsuccessful. Natural infections of adult R. lepisostei were found in the type host, the alligator gar Lepisosteus spatula, from Galveston Bay, Texas, and in the longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, from the York River, Virginia. This report confirms the identity of the metacercarial stage in the mullet as R. lepisostei and extends the known range of this parasite from the Louisiana and Texas area to the U.S. Atlantic coast.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20301
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGalveston Bay Collection; TAMUG periodical collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries2512.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine fishen_US
dc.subjectspotted garen_US
dc.subjectLepisosteus oculatusen_US
dc.subjectstriped mulleten_US
dc.subjectMugil cephalusen_US
dc.subjectalligator garen_US
dc.subjectLepisosteus spatulaen_US
dc.subjectRhipidocotyle lepisosteien_US
dc.subjectTrematodaen_US
dc.subjectparasitesen_US
dc.subjectLepisosteus osseusen_US
dc.subjectlongnose garen_US
dc.titleExperimental verification of the metacercarial stage of Rhipidocotyle lepisostei (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) with notes on the natural occurrence of its adult stage in gars in Texas and Virginia.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue76(2)en_US

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