Study of helminth parasites of amphibians by Scanning Electron Microscopy

GONZÁLEZ, C.E., HAMANN, M.I. & C. SALGADO

The Scanning Electron Microscope

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Lugar: Rijeka; Año: 2012; p. 268 - 294

This chapter presents scanning electron micrographs taken during diverse studies undertaken to determine the helminth fauna of Argentinean anurans, especially those living in Northeastern Argentina. The survey includes the classes Trematoda (specifically  subclass Digenea) and Nematoda (specifically subclass Secernentea) and the phylum Acanthocephala. A total of five families of amphibians (Bufonidae, Cycloramphidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperidae) were analyzed, both at larval (tadpole) and adult stages, to study their helminth parasites. At the end of the chapter we present a summary of the present-day advances in this topic, including new contributions presented in this work; finally, we discuss possible future lines of research in this field of Parasitology