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IT may be of interest to record the fact that, like Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus, the larva of Phryganea grandis is a host for the commensal rotifer, Callidina parasitica. On one specimen, taken near Potter Heigham Bridge, I found between fifty and sixty of these commensals. As is the case with the commensals of Gammarus and Asellus, those of the caddis-worm gradually disappear when the hosts are kept in an aquarium. Rotifer tardus was also found among the materials of the larval case.
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SCHERREN, H. Rotifers Commensal with Caddis-worms. Nature 56, 224 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056224a0
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