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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | On the morphology and taxonomy of Griphobilharzia amoena Platt and Blair, 1991 (Schistosomatoidea), a dioecious digenetic trematode parasite of the freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, in Australia |
Author: | Platt, T. Hoberg, E. Chisholm, L. |
Citation: | Journal of Parasitology, 2013; 99(5):888-891 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Parasitologists |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0022-3395 1937-2345 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas R. Platt, Eric P. Hoberg and Leslie A. Chisholm |
Abstract: | Griphobilharzia amoena Platt and Blair, 1991 was originally described as a dioecious trematode, parasitic in the circulatory system of the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, with the female completely enclosed in a gynecophoric chamber of the male and the 2 worms oriented anti-parallel to each other. A recent publication questions the original description, arguing that G. amoena is monoecious and, as a consequence, the species was transferred to Vasotrema Stunkard, 1928 (Spirorchiidae) as Vasotrema amoena n. comb. We provide photomicrographic evidence that the original description of G. amoena is correct and that Griphobilharzia Platt and Blair, 1991, is a valid monotypic genus containing G. amoena. An accurate understanding of the anatomy of G. amoena is not trivial and has implications for revealing the complex origins and evolution of the dioecious condition within the Schistosomatoidea. |
Keywords: | Animals Alligators and Crocodiles Schistosomatidae Trematode Infections Fresh Water Female Male |
Rights: | © American Society of Parasitologists 2013 |
DOI: | 10.1645/GE-12-149.1 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/ge-12-149.1 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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