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Encyclobrephus brevivitellus n. sp. Dorsal view of posterior end of immature specimen. Abbreviations: anterior testis, at; excretory vesicle, ev; gland cells, gc; left cecum, lc; posterior testis, pt; right cecum, rc.
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A new digenean species belonging in EncyclobrephusSinha, 1949 is described, and the generic diagnosis is amended to accommodate variation in several features of the new species. Worms were collected from the intestines of 2 specimens of the Mekong snail-eating turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga (Schlegel and Müller, 1845). Permanent whole-mounted worms w...
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... brevivitellus Knudson, Curran and Bullard n. sp. (Figs. 1-5) Description (measurements based on 12 adult specimens with additional observations from 8 immature specimens): Body with round anterior end and slightly tapering posterior end, 1,670-3,500 (2,611 6 586; n ¼ 11) long; 474-975 (685 6 173; n ¼ 11) wide, usually widest in posterior body half; ratio of body length (BL) to maximum body ...
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... [22] The snail-eating turtle Malayemys subtrijuga in the Mekong River in Vietnam is known to be infected by 2 digenean species and could impact snail populations in different river areas. [23] The anticipated changes described ...
In 1971, scientists from Mahidol University in Thailand and the Smithsonian Institution in the USA formed a research team to study a new species of Schistosoma in the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos. The studies, completed during 1971–1973, prior to the construction of any dams or restrictions to the natural flow regime of the Mekong River, provide a unique description of the natural ecological state of the river that can serve as a baseline for current research. The natural transmission of Schistosoma japonicum , Mekong Strain, was first reported on Khong Island, Laos in 1973 using sentinel mice. The first detailed description of the habitat ecology of the snail vector Neotricula aperta was done on-site in 1971 simultaneously with that research and is unique in providing the only description of the river shoreline habitat before any dams were built and any alteration of the natural flow regime was in place. Aggregating current information in a Place-Based Conceptual Model (PBCM) as an organizing template, along with current habitat models that combine ecological data with e-flows, can be developed and used as a tool to predict suitable habitats for snails. The natural flow regime of the Mekong River prior to any impoundments is described with current updates on the potential impacts of climate change and dams with flow-related snail habitat characteristics, including sediment drift and water quality. The application of the PBCM to describe and compare descriptive information on current and potential future N . aperta/S . mekongi habitat is discussed.
The identity of a larval bucephalid infecting the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791), from a tidal river in Virginia is investigated using ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA). The internal transcribed spacer (ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2) region and a portion of the 28S rDNA were isolated from genomic DNA from sporocysts containing cercariae and compared with sequences from GenBank and from our previous collections of possibly related bucephalids. The studied larval bucephalid was 100% identical at the ITS1, 5.8S, and partial 28S rDNA sequences with Prosorhynchoides paralichthydis (Corkum, 1961) Curran and Overstreet, 2009; however, it differed from P. paralichthydis by 6 bases plus 3 deletions in the ITS2 region. This level of variation at the ITS2 region has been demonstrated among some Indo-Pacific species of Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929, suggesting that the larval bucephalid represents an unidentified or innominate species of Prosorhynchoides that is closely related to P. paralichthydis.
