Notopronocephalus peekayi gen. et sp. n. (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from Australian freshwater turtles

Title:

Notopronocephalus peekayi gen. et sp. n. (Digenea: Pronocephalidae) from Australian freshwater turtles

Creator:

Cribb, Thomas H. and Pichelin, Sylvie P.

Identifier:

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Format:

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Description:

Notopronocephalus peekayi gen. et sp. n. is described from the intestine of Elseya latistemum Gray, 1867, E. dentata (Gray, 1863) and Emydura signala Ahi, 1932 from rivers in Queensland. The new genus is distinguished by the absence of ventral glands, simple (neither diverticulate nor sinuous) caeca terminating at the anterior margin of the testes, excretory arms not uniting in forebody, single ovary, two opposite testes close to the posterior end of the body, intracaecal genital pore, vitelline follicles anterior to the testes, cirrus-sac orientated obliquely and not divided into two portions, and the uterus intracaecal. This is the first pronocephalid to be described from an Australian freshwater turtle and the first from the family Chelidae.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Coverage:

279-282 and 41-44

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 1997 Volume:44 | Number:4

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