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Two types of cercariae are described from the freshwater prosobranchTheodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) collected from the Yarmouk River during 1982: a tail-less cercaria belonging to themutabile group and a microcercous cercaria belonging to theCercaria brachyura group. These two cercariae were given the namesCercaria theodoxi I andC. theodoxi II, respectively. Details are presented on the morphology and behaviour of the cercariae as well as on their development within the snail. The relationships between these cercariae and adult trematodes reported from Jordan are discussed.
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Abdel-Hafez, S.K., Ismail, N.S. Larval stages of digenetic trematodes ofTheodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan. Z. Parasitenkd. 69, 789–796 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927428
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