Pascagoula River, Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
Collection Date:
22 Apr 2021
Notes:
1 vial containing the viscera of 1 Gulf wedge clam, Rangia cuniata infected by the larval stages (daughter sporocysts containing cercariae) of Cercaria rangiae Wardle, 1983. The clam was collected from the Pascagoula River, Jackson County, Mississippi on 22 April 2021. The shell was removed from the clam, some samples of the parasite were removed for sequencing and the remainder of the infected viscera was fixed in 10% Formalin and then preserved and stored in 70% ethanol. The vial contains about 25ml of ethanol now.
