caa a22 4500 445339780 CHVBK 20180317142808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-011-2489-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-011-2489-y Is a vertebrate a better host for a parasite than an invertebrate host? Fecundity of Proctoeces cf lintoni (Digenea: Fellodistomidae), a parasite of fish and gastropods in northern Chile [Elektronische Daten] [Marcelo Oliva, Carlos Alvarez] The fecundity, the relationship between fecundity and worm size, as well as abundance of the adult worm Proctoeces cf. lintoni (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) in four gastropod hosts (keyhole limpets of the genus Fissurella) and one vertebrate host, the clingfish Sicyases sanguineus from northern Chile, were compared. Worms obtained from Fissurella latimarginata were smaller than those from Fissurella maxima, Fissurella limbata, and S. sanguineus. The mean fecundity of parasites from Fissurella crassa was significantly lower than those from F. limbata, F. maxima and S. sanguineus. For all invertebrate hosts, there were significant, positive relationships between worm size and fecundity, and the slopes of the regression did not differ significantly for the invertebrate hosts. Parasites of the keyhole limpet F. limbata and the clingfish showed the highest intensity, prevalence, and mean fecundity, and these species must be considered to be the hosts in which P. cf lintoni shows the best fitness. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Oliva Marcelo Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile aut Alvarez Carlos Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1731-1734 0932-0113 109:6<1731 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2489-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2489-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oliva Marcelo Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alvarez Carlos Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1731-1734 0932-0113 109:6<1731 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer