TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of blood fluke (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) from the Malayan Box turtle, cuora amboinensis (Cryptodira: Geomydidae) in Thailand
AU - Tkach, Vasyl V.
AU - Snyder, Scott D.
AU - Vaughan, Jefferson A.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Spirhapalum siamensis n. sp. obtained from the heart of the Malayan box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, from western Thailand is described. This blood fluke differs from the 2 previously known species of Spirhapalum in its larger overall body size, constricted mid-body, greater number of pre-ovarian testes, ceca that loop anteriorly from the cecal bifurcation before turning to the posterior, and the relatively smaller size of its ventral sucker. A phylogenetic analysis using molecular characters places the new species in the basal clade of tetrapod blood flukes, more derived than Spirhapalum polesianum, but less derived than Spirorchis spp.
AB - Spirhapalum siamensis n. sp. obtained from the heart of the Malayan box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, from western Thailand is described. This blood fluke differs from the 2 previously known species of Spirhapalum in its larger overall body size, constricted mid-body, greater number of pre-ovarian testes, ceca that loop anteriorly from the cecal bifurcation before turning to the posterior, and the relatively smaller size of its ventral sucker. A phylogenetic analysis using molecular characters places the new species in the basal clade of tetrapod blood flukes, more derived than Spirhapalum polesianum, but less derived than Spirorchis spp.
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U2 - 10.1645/GE-1858.1
DO - 10.1645/GE-1858.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 19093710
AN - SCOPUS:73949135746
SN - 0022-3395
VL - 95
SP - 743
EP - 746
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
IS - 3
ER -