caa a22 4500 38811228X CHVBK 20180307125356.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022149X99000165 doi S0022149X99000165 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022149X99000165 Digenean metacercariae (Timoniella spp., Labratrema minimus and Cryptocotyle concava) from the flounder, platichthys flesus, in the tidal Thames [Elektronische Daten] A detailed examination of the abundant flatfish species Platichthys flesus, the flounder, in the tidal Thames has revealed the presence of four digenean metacercarial parasites, Cryptocotyle concava (Creplin, 1825), Timoniella imbutiforme (Molin, 1859), T. praeterita (Looss, 1901) and Labratrema minimus (Stossich, 1887). Flounders were recorded as a new second intermediate host for T. praeterita and L. minimus. They were also recorded as second intermediate hosts for the first time in British waters for T. imbutiforme. The temporal and spatial characteristics of these infections were examined and were believed to provide indirect parasitological evidence of the movement patterns of flounders during their utilization of the Thames Estuary as a nursery ground. From these data it was also surmised that the first intermediate host of T. imbutiforme, T. praeterita and C. concava was probably the molluscan species Hydrobia ulvae in the lower Thames Estuary, whereas L. minimus was most likely to occur in the molluscan host Cerastoderma edule, also present in the lower estuary. Cambridge University Press El-Darsh H.E.M. Infection and Immunity Research Group, Division of Life Sciences, Kings College London, Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7AH, UK Whitfield P.J. E-mail: phil.whitfield@kcl.ac.uk Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/2(1999-02), 103-113 0022-149X 73:2<103 1999 73 JHL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000165 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000165 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- El-Darsh H.E.M. Infection and Immunity Research Group, Division of Life Sciences, Kings College London, Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7AH, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whitfield P.J. E-mail: phil.whitfield@kcl.ac.uk NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/2(1999-02), 103-113 0022-149X 73:2<103 1999 73 JHL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge