First light microscopy and ultrastructural description of Mesocoelium sociale (Luhe, 1901) Odhner, 1910 (Trematoda: Mesocoeliidae) in Bufo regularis from Egypt

Abstract Background Mesocoeliidae is a common parasite of the small intestine of amphibians and reptiles. From Egypt, only Mesocoelium monas (Rudolphi C., Berolini 811 (1819)) (Freitas JF, Revista Brasiliera de Biologia 18:171-174, (1958)) was reported and described by (Saad AI et. al., J Egypt Ger...

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Main Authors: Hasnaa Thabit, Refaat Khalifa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
Subjects:
SEM
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41936-020-00159-x