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IT is of interest to note that although sixty-one species of Phyllodistomum have been described, the life-cycles of only four have been determined experimentally and recorded. All four are American species. In Europe, however, no successful experimental work has been undertaken, although several early workers including Sinitsin1, Reuss2, Odhner3, and Nybelin4 have postulated, on the basis of morphological similarities, certain relationships between cercariæ, metacercariæ and sexually mature phyllodistomes. Many of the suggestions made in this connexion were contradictory.
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Reuss, H., Z. wiss. Zool., 74, 458 (1903).
Odhner, T., Zool. Anz., 38, 513 (1911).
Nybelin, O., Göteborgs Vetensk Samh. Handl., 31, 1 (1926).
Beilfuss, E. R., J. Parasit., 40 (5, Sect. 2), 44 (1954).
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THOMAS, J. Life-History of Phyllodistomum simile Nybelin. Nature 178, 1004 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781004a0
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