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| Title: | Macroparasites in intertidal gastropods on Qeshm Island, Northern Persian Gulf, Iran |
| Authors: | Karimi, Elham
Pazooki, Jamileh
Shokri, Mohammad Reza |
| Keywords: | Gastropod
parasite
Intertidal
Rocky shore
Persian Gulf
Iran |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Present
strudy consists a quantitative inventory of macroparasites in some intertidal
gastropods from a rocky shore on Qeshm
Island in the Persian Gulf, Iran. It
is examined 456 individual gastropods comprising 11 species, Among the above Thais savignyi and Cronia cf konkanensis were infected by parasites. Thais savignyi was infected by
trematodes (12.72%), nematodes (0.21%), nematomorphs (0.21%) and copepods
(0.43%). Cronia cf konkanensis was infected by trematodes solely (1.75%). Prevalence of
infection in Thais savignyi and Cronia cf konkonensis was 13.56% and 1.75 %, respectively. |
| Page(s): | 779-782 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJMS Vol.40(6) [December 2011]
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