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Asexual Multiplication in Cysticercus pisifortnis (Cestoda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

E. K. Opuni
Affiliation:
*Barking Regional College, Longbridge Road, Dagenham, Essex

Extract

Asexual multiplication in Cysticercus pisifortnis (Bloch, 1780) was first described by Moniez (1880). This observation was refuted by Solomon (1934) as being “erroneous or descriptive of an isolated or abnormal phenomenon”. Several years later, Crusz (1948) confirmed the observations of Moniez (1880). Voge (1967) did not mention asexual reproduction in this species in her review on postembryonic development of cestodes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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