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- Title
Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the White's Thrush, Zoothera aurea, in the Republic of Korea.
- Authors
Hyeon Cheol Kim; Eui Ju Hong; Si Yun Ryu; Jinho Park; Do Hyeon Yu; Joon Seok Chae; Kyoung Seong Choi; Cheolho Sim; Bae Keun Park
- 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.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; TAEJON-si (Korea); THRUSHES; RIBOSOMAL RNA; BIRDS; DIGENEA; AVIAN anatomy; PHARYNX; ESOPHAGUS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2019, Vol 57, Issue 5, p461
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.461