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The attachment of the monogenean Diplozoon paradoxum to the gills of Rutilus rutilus L. I. Micro-habitat and adhesive attitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

I. L. Owen
I. L. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth*
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Both individuals of a pair of Diplozoon paradoxum Nord., 1832, when parasitizing the gills of Rutilus rutilus, are normally attached to the same hemibranch but never to the same surface of one primary lamella. A preference is shown for attachment to certain gills and also to particular locations on the gills.

Diplozoon paradoxum displays asymmetry of its haptor when attached to the gills of the roach but the haptor assumes bilateral symmetry when unattached. As in Discocotyle, this impermanent asymmetry is facultative to the left or right, dependent upon the incidence of the gill-ventilating current, so that the body of a worm will present the least amount of resistance to the water as it passes across the gills. It is probable that impermanent, facultative asymmetry occurs in other species of the genus Diplozoon, and the usefulness of the asymmetrical nature of the haptor as a taxonomic criterion is therefore extremely limited.

It is a pleasure to record my thanks to Dr F. G. Rees, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, for her encouragement and guidance and to Dr J. Llewellyn, University of Birmingham, for his valuable help and critical reading of the manuscript. I am indebted to Mr D. Haigh for supplying me with fishes. This work was done while receiving a grant from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 53 , Issue 3-4 , November 1963 , pp. 455 - 461
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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