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[A population analysis of the variability of the hooklets in the cestode Triaenophorus crassus].
Parazitologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Ieshko E P, Evseeva N V
Abstract excerpt
The paper presents data on the variability of attachment organs in the cestode Triaenophorus crassus, a parasite of freshwater fishes. The greatest range of variability of all the characters is typical of whitefish, a fish with a long life cycle, while the shortest one is characteristic of vendace and young of trout. It is suggested that the stay of the parasite in fishes, associated with host age, is accompanied...
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