Aquatic Parasite Observatory

Neascus spp. (Hughes, 1927)

• Species Name: Neascus spp. (Hughes, 1927)
• Synonyms: None
• Taxonomy: (Hughes, 1927) Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Strigeidida, Diplostomatidae, Neascus spp.
• Life Cycle: Coming soon.
• Description:
• Metacercaria stage as described by Hughes, 1927:
  2. Strigeid metacercariae with both fore- and hind-bodies well developed and distinctly set apart by a constriction; no lateral sucking-cups; fore-body leaf-like; hold-fast organ well developed; reserve bladder highly developed, the smaller branches of which are usually anastomoses; calcareous granules mostly free in the circum-ambient fluid; encysted.
• Sources: Hughes, R.C. 1927. Studies of the Trematode Family Strigeidae (Holostomidae) No. VI. A New Metacercaria Neascus Ambloplitis, sp. nov. Representing a New Larval Group. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 248-267.
• APO Parasite Records: (by Life Cycle)
• Metacercaria

  1. Host Species	Host Common Name	Site(s) of Infection
     Rana catesbeiana	American bullfrog	Skin
     Rana clamitans	Green frog	Skin
     Rana pipiens	Northern leopard frog	Skin
     Rana sylvatica	Wood frog	Skin

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