Abstract
Naidid species Chaetogaster diaphanus, Chaetogaster diastrophus, Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei, Dero digitata, Dero nivea, Nais communis, Nais simplex, Nais variabilis, Pristina leidyi, Slavina appendiculata, and Stylaria lacustris were observed as paratenic and possibly intermediate hosts for larval mermithid nematodes from field collections. Mermithids were generally found in the anterior, dorsal region of the oligochaetes. Individual naidids were at most infected with two nematodes. No seasonal prevalence patterns could be firmly established owing to the sporadic occurrence of mermithid infections in the naidids.
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