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Presence of Pomphorhynchus laevis in Salamandra salamandra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. Veith  and
G. Erpelding
M. Veith
Affiliation:
Institut für Zoologie, Abt. Populationsbiologie, Universität Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
G. Erpelding
Affiliation:
An den Erlen 22, D-55257 Budenheim, Germany
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Abstract

Infection of Salamandra salamandra larvae (Amphibia: Urodela) with the fish acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis was detected in a fish-free mountain brook. Gammarus fossarum was found to be the intermediate host. The parasites were probably inadvertently introduced through fish breeding practices. Evidence was obtained that Pomphorhynchus laevis persists, at least for several months, in postmetamorphic fire salamanders.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 267 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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