"Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 44: Haematoloechidae Odening," by Virginia León-Règagnon

Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of

 

Concepts in Animal Parasitology Textbook

Date of this Version

2024

Document Type

Book Chapter

Citation

Chapter 44, Concepts in Animal Parasitology, pages 460–469

Textbook

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States: Zea Books, 2024

chapter doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ciap044

Comments

Copyright 2024, the authors and editors. Open access

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International

Abstract

An overview of the trematode (fluke) family Haematoloechidae Odening, 1964, parasites of the lungs of amphibians that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Their life cycle includes a snail and an aquatic arthropod as first and second intermediate hosts, respectively, and a frog or salamander as the definitive host. Includes a discussion of the main characters, taxonomy, phylogenetics, life cycles, host range, and biogeography.

Chapter 44 in Concepts in Animal Parasitology, by Virginia León-Règagnon. 2024. S. L. Gardner and S. A. Gardner, editors. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ciap044

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