<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During a survey on tapeworm larval stages in <italic>Artemia franciscana</italic> from an artificial pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a high prevalence of <italic>Eurycestus avoceti</italic>-like cysticercoids was established. Adult male and female crustaceans showed a prevalence of 61.9 and 62.7 %, respectively. The intensity ranged from one to four and one to three cyst, respectively. Out of 215 examined cysticercoids, 207 specimens had morphological features matching with <italic>E. avoceti</italic>. The flaky structure of the surrounding capsule, the elongated shape of the cysticercoid and the larger number of hooklets on the suckers suggest that the eight further larval cestodes belonged to another species of the genus <italic>Eurycestus</italic>.</p></abstract>

During a survey on tapeworm larval stages in Artemia franciscana from an artificial pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a high prevalence of Eurycestus avoceti-like cysticercoids was established. Adult male and female crustaceans showed a prevalence of 61.9 and 62.7 %, respectively. The intensity ranged from one to four and one to three cyst, respectively. Out of 215 examined cysticercoids, 207 specimens had morphological features matching with E. avoceti. The flaky structure of the surrounding capsule, the elongated shape of the cysticercoid and the larger number of hooklets on the suckers suggest that the eight further larval cestodes belonged to another species of the genus Eurycestus.

On two morphologically different cysticercoids of the genus <italic>Eurycestus</italic> (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in <italic>Artemia franciscana</italic> (Arthropoda: Artemiidae) in a hypersaline pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Helminthologia

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On two morphologically different cysticercoids of the genus  (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in  (Arthropoda: Artemiidae) in a hypersaline pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

During a survey on tapeworm larval stages in Artemia franciscana from an artificial pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a high prevalence of Eurycestus...

On two morphologically different cysticercoids of the genus Eurycestus (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in Artemia franciscana (Arthropoda: Artemiidae) in a hypersaline pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Published Online: May 04, 2019

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Jan 10, 2018

Accepted: Mar 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0010

Keywords
Brine shrimps, cysticercoids, United Arab Emirates

© 2019 R. K. Schuster, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On two morphologically different cysticercoids of the genus Eurycestus (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in Artemia franciscana (Arthropoda: Artemiidae) in a hypersaline pond in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Published Online: May 04, 2019

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Jan 10, 2018

Accepted: Mar 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0010

KeywordsBrine shrimps, cysticercoids, United Arab Emirates

© 2019 R. K. Schuster, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Brine shrimps, cysticercoids, United Arab Emirates