in moist areas, such as marshes, where the usual intermediate host Succinea snails are found. Distribution Leucochloridium paradoxum was originally described based on its sporocyst stage, collected from an island in the river Elbe at Pillnitz, near Dresden, Germany. Other known locations are Poland, Belarus, the St Petersburg area of Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan. It is believed to be the species of Leuchochloridium infecting an endemic species of semi-slug on Robinson Crusoe Island in the Pacific, the only record from the Southern Hemisphere. Hosts Intermediate hosts: Succinea putris Succinea lauta Omalonyx gayana Hosts: Birds Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) – experimental References External links Distome (Leucochloridium paradoxum), The Living World of Molluscs Diplostomida Parasites of molluscs Suicide-inducing parasitism Animals described in 1835 Articles containing video clips