Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the White’s Thrush, Zoothera aurea, in the Republic of Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 461-467, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
Avian trematodes, Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae), were collected from the intestine of wild birds, Zoothera aurea, 2013–2017 in the Daejeon Metropolitan City, Korea. The body was ellipsoidal, attenuated and/or round ends, 1,987–2,120 long and 819–831 μm wide. The oral sucker was subterminal, rounded anteriorly, and 308–425×351–432 μm in size; the prepharynx and esophagus were almost lacking; pharynx was well-developed, 142–179×78–170 μm in size; intestine narrow, bifurcating just after pharynx, ascending to the oral sucker before looping posteriorly and terminating near the posterior end; ventral sucker larger, in almost median, 536–673×447–605 μm and approximately 1.5 times larger than oral sucker. A phylogenetic tree constructed with 18S ribosomal RNA showed inter- and intraspecific relationships. Based on these morphological and molecular findings, we report here a U. turdi from White’s thrushes in Korea.
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Database:
WPRIM
Main subject:
Pharynx
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Trees
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Birds
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Candidiasis, Oral
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RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
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Songbirds
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Esophagus
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Republic of Korea
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Intestines
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Korea
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article