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From: Life cycle of Renylaima capensis, a brachylaimid trematode of shrews and slugs in South Africa: two-host and three-host transmission modalities suggested by epizootiology and DNA sequencing

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Environment and hosts of  Renylaima capensis  . A) drawing showing the forest shrew Myosorex varius (Insectivora: Soricidae) (from [70]); B) slug specimen of the species Ariostralis nebulosa (Gastropoda: Arionidae: Ariopeltinae); C) slug specimen of the species Ariopelta capensis (Gastropoda: Arionidae: Ariopeltinae); D E) general views of the area near the top end of a narrow ravine called Landdroskloof, on the western slopes of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, where the life cycle of the new brachylaimid develops; this area is situated at the foot of a high southward facing cliff which shades off the sun for the major part of each day (1350 m altitude); south facing cliffs bordering and partly enclosing the habitat on its northern side (D) are approximally 35 m high. Scale bars: A = 5 cm; B = 20 mm; C = 50 mm.

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