DESCRIPTION OF AURICULOTREMA LECHNERI N. GEN., N. SP. (DIGENEA: CHOANOCOTYLIDAE), A PARASITE OF FRESHWATER TURTLES (TESTUDINES: PLEURODIRA: CHELIDAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Thomas R. Platt

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0141:DOALNG]2.0.CO;2

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1 February 2003 DESCRIPTION OF AURICULOTREMA LECHNERI N. GEN., N. SP. (DIGENEA: CHOANOCOTYLIDAE), A PARASITE OF FRESHWATER TURTLES (TESTUDINES: PLEURODIRA: CHELIDAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Thomas R. Platt

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J. of Parasitology, 89(1):141-144 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0141:DOALNG]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Auriculotrema lechneri n. gen., n. sp. is described from the small intestine of Emydura krefftii and Elseya latisternum from northern Queensland, Australia. The new species strongly resembles species of Choanocotyle in body shape, ventral incision of the oral sucker, structure of the cirrus sac, and location of the genital pore. The distinctive taxonomic feature is the presence of 2 winglike projections extending beyond the lateral margins of the oral sucker, in contrast to the extremely large, expanded oral sucker diagnostic of Choanocotyle spp. Auriculotrema n. gen. is the second genus included in the formerly monotypic Choanocotylidae Jue Sue and Platt, 1998.

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Thomas R. Platt "DESCRIPTION OF AURICULOTREMA LECHNERI N. GEN., N. SP. (DIGENEA: CHOANOCOTYLIDAE), A PARASITE OF FRESHWATER TURTLES (TESTUDINES: PLEURODIRA: CHELIDAE) FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA," Journal of Parasitology 89(1), 141-144, (1 February 2003). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0141:DOALNG]2.0.CO;2

Received: 17 June 2002; Accepted: 1 September 2002; Published: 1 February 2003

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