Science Inventory

PROCTOECES SP. (TREMATODA: DIGENEA) IN AUSTRALIAN OYSTERS, 'SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS' AND 'CRASSOSTREA AMASA'

Citation:

Wolf, P., J. Winstead, AND J. Couch. PROCTOECES SP. (TREMATODA: DIGENEA) IN AUSTRALIAN OYSTERS, 'SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS' AND 'CRASSOSTREA AMASA'. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-87/335 (NTIS PB88199385).

Description:

The occurrence of Protoeces sp., a cosmopolitan digenetic trematode, is reported from two different species of Australian oysters. The low prevalence of the helminth is attributed to the intertidal environment inhabited by the Australian oysters. (Copyright (c) 1987, American Microscopical Society, Inc.)

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID: 34970