Description of Buckarootrema goodmani n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Pronocephalidae), a parasite of the freshwater turtle Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830) (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Queensland, Australia, and a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902.
J Parasitol
; 87(5): 1115-9, 2001 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Buckarootrema goodmani n. g., n. sp. is described from the small intestine of the Murray turtle, Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830), from the vicinity of Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The distinctive taxonomic features include the vitellarium, which consists of 2 compact masses directly anterior to and occasionally overlapping the testes; the uterus with extensive pre- and postovarian coils; intestinal ceca with small, medial diverticula that terminate anterior to or at the anterior margin of the testes; a comma-shaped cirrus sac with both internal and external seminal vesicles. Phylogenetic systematic analysis of the genera of the Pronocephalidae including Buckarootrema and Notopronocephalus, the only other genus of pronocephalids reported from Australian freshwater turtles, indicates that Buckarootrema is the sister taxon of Neopronocephalus and Notopronocephalus is the sister group of the rest of the Pronocephalinae.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Filogenia
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Trematódeos
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Infecções por Trematódeos
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Tartarugas
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Parasitol
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article