IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy2729http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.121421Life SciencesPhilophthalmus Lucipetus (Trematoda, Philophthalmidae) Cercariae in Molluscs Melanoides Kainarensis ShakarbaevUlugbek AbdulakimovichAkramovaFiruza DjalaliddinovnaAzimovDjalaliddin220720204)100104This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Cercariae of Philophthalmus lucipetus (Rudolphi, 1819) were detected in molluscs Melanoides kainarensis Starobogatov et Izzatullaev, 1980. Of the 4,629 examined individuals of M. kainarensis from Boshkhovuz, a warm body of water in the Karnabchul steppe (Nurabad District, Samarkand Province), 407 individuals (9.01%) were infected with cercariae and parthenitae of flukes from the genus Philophthalmus Looss, 1899, whose species was identified as Ph. lucipetus.

Melanoides kainarensis Philophthalmus lucipetus Parthenitae Cercariae Molluscs.