Larval stages of digenetic trematodes of pirenella conica from Deversoir Ismailia, Egypt

ABSTRACT

Two cercariae are described from the prosobranch snail Pirenella conica collected from Deversoir marine water, Ismailia, Egypt. One of the cercariae is prepleurolophocercous group, belonging to genus Stictodora, while the second is a Ephemera monostome cercaria. The latter is a new record for Pirenella conica snail in marine water from Ismailia. Details are presented on the morphology and behavior of the cercariae and rediae, as well as of their development within the snail, with discussion and comparison of previously described cercariae. The incidence of single [pure] and simultaneous mixed [double] infection of snail with two larval trematodes were also Determined