First record of Microsomacanthus tuvensis Spasskaya et Spasskii, 1961 [Cestoda, Hymenolepididae] in Poland

Abstract

During standard parasitological studies of the tufted duck Aythya fuligula, obtained from fishermen from West Pomerania in December 2007, three cestode specimens were found in the jejunum of one male host. They were determinated as Microsomacanthus tuvensis (Spasskaya et Spasskii, 1961) on the basis of the cirrus’s and cirrus sac’s size and vagina’s shape. This is the first record of this species in Poland

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