Life cycle truncation in Digenea, a case study of Neophasis spp. (Acanthocolpidae).

ABSTRACT: Truncated life cycles may emerge in digeneans if the second intermediate host is eliminated, and the first intermediate host, the mollusc, takes up its role. To understand the causes of this type of life cycle truncation, we analyzed closely related species of the genus Neophasis (Acanthocolpidae) with three-host and two-host life cycles. The life cycle of Neophasis anarrhichae involves two hosts: wolffishes of the genus Anarhichas as the definitive host and the common whelk Buccinum undatum as the intermediate host. Neophasis oculata, a closely related species with a three-host life cycle, would be a suitable candidate for the comparison, but some previous data on its life cycle seem to be erroneous. In this study, we aimed to redescribe the life cycle o

SUBMITTER: Kremnev G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143980 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature