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Bothriocephalus scorpii [Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea] in turbot and brill from british coastal waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. T. Davey  and
J. E. Peachey
J. T. Davey
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Fisheries Helminthology Unit, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St Albans, Hertfordshire
J. E. Peachey
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Fisheries Helminthology Unit, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St Albans, Hertfordshire
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Three hundred and thirty-one turbot and 350 brill of varying ages were examined for infection with the tapeworm Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776).

This survey showed that: (i) turbot and brill acquired infections of B. scorpii before they were 1 year old; (ii) all the adult turbot were infected with B. scorpii, often heavily, whereas only half the adult brill were infected and then only slightly; (iii) differences in the structure of the gut mucosa could account for the strong attachment of the scoleces in turbot compared with the loose attachment in brill.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1968 , pp. 335 - 340
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1968

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