Leucochloridium paradoxum, parasite in Succinea putris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Order:
Diplostomida
Family:
Leucochloridiidae
Genus:
Leucochloridium
Species:
L. paradoxum
Binomial name
Leucochloridium paradoxum
(Carus, 1835)[1]
Leucochloridium paradoxum, the green-banded broodsac, is a parasitic flatworm (or helminth). Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host. These broodsacs visually imitate caterpillars, a prey of birds.[2] The adult parasite lives in the bird's cloaca, releasing its eggs into the faeces.
^Carus, C.G. (1835). "Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, Leucochloridium paradoxum mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, Succinea amphibia Drap. Helix putris Linn". Nova Acta Physico-Medica. Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. 17 (2. s., v. 7, pt. 1): 85-100 + Pl. VII.
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