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Bucephalus mytili Cole 1935

Bucephalus mytili

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Bucephalus mytili is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda.[1] It is a parasite of fish and a parasitic castrator of the mussel Mytilus edulis, where it destroys the mussel's gonads and causes the mussel to grow much larger than normal.[2]

The cercaria of B. mytili were described in 1935 occurring in Mytilus edulis in Wales. They are the sporocysts, which are long and tangled within the mollusk host's digestive gland, and cause parasitic castration of the host.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bucephalus mytili Cole, 1935 AphiaID: 109154". ERMS European Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. ^ Kuris, Armand M. (1974). "Trophic interactions: similarity of parasitic castrators to parasitoids" (PDF). Quarterly Review of Biology. 49 (2): 129–148. doi:10.1086/408018. S2CID 22171885.
  3. ^ Russell, Frederick S. (1967). Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press. pp. 209–211. ISBN 0-12-026105-7.
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Bucephalus mytili: Brief Summary

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Bucephalus mytili is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda. It is a parasite of fish and a parasitic castrator of the mussel Mytilus edulis, where it destroys the mussel's gonads and causes the mussel to grow much larger than normal.

The cercaria of B. mytili were described in 1935 occurring in Mytilus edulis in Wales. They are the sporocysts, which are long and tangled within the mollusk host's digestive gland, and cause parasitic castration of the host.

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Bucephalus mytili ( Dutch; Flemish )

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Bucephalus mytili is een soort in de taxonomische indeling van de platwormen (Platyhelminthes). De worm is tweeslachtig en kan zowel mannelijke als vrouwelijke geslachtscellen produceren. De soort leeft in zeer vochtige omstandigheden.

De platworm behoort tot het geslacht Bucephalus en behoort tot de familie Bucephalidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1935 door Cole.

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