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Palaemon elegans, an intermediate host in the life-cycle of Aggregata octopianaC. Arias, C. Gestal, H. Rodríguez, M. Soto, J. Estévez*Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, Apartado 874, E-36200 Vigo, SpainABSTRACT: Based on immunological methods, the prawn Palaemon elegans apparently acts as the natural intermediate host for Aggregata octopiana, a coccidian that infects the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris. However, cross-reactivity with another coccidian, A. eberthi, was present in both sporogonic and merogonic stages.
KEY WORDS: Aggregata octopiana · Life cycle · Palaemon elegans
Published in DAO Vol.
32, No. 1
(1998) on February 26
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