LARVAL TREMATODES RECOVERED FROM MELANIA TUBERCULATA IN ASSIUT GOVER NOR ATE Part II

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Department of Parasitology , Faculty of Medicine Assiut University.

Abstract

The larval trematodes recovered from Melania tuberculata in Assiut Governor ate have been described and illustrated. Eight typ < /strong>es of cercariae have been found, four of which were included in the first part of this pap < /strong>er, the other four are discussed here in this part. These are: 5) Carcaria of gigantobilharzia, the first time to be identified. 6) Cercaria notocotylus sp < /strong>., being the first time to be recorded in Egypt. 7) Cercaria assiuti A. sp < /strong>., the first record in Egypt. 8) Amp < /strong>histome cercaria is rep < /strong>orted for the first time and it is suggested to be a new type of cercaria.