Korean J Parasitol.
2019 Oct;57(5):461-467. 10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.461.
Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the White’s Thrush, Zoothera aurea, in the Republic of Korea
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- 1College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24289, Korea.
- 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea. bkpark@cnu.ac.kr
- 3College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea.
- 4College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
- 5Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
- 6College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 37224, Korea.
- 7Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA.
- KMID: 2463733
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.461
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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