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Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the White's Thrush, Zoothera aurea, in the Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Hyeon Cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Hong, Eui Ju (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Ryu, Si Yun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Park, Jinho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Yu, Do Hyeon (College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Chae, Joon Seok (Laboratory 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) ;
  • Choi, Kyoung Seong (College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Sim, Cheolho (Department of Biology, Baylor University) ;
  • Park, Bae Keun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2018.10.21
  • Accepted : 2019.08.20
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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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 $819-831{\mu}m$ wide. The oral sucker was subterminal, rounded anteriorly, and $308-425{\times}351-432{\mu}m$ in size; the prepharynx and esophagus were almost lacking; pharynx was well-developed, $142-179{\times}78-170{\mu}m$ 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, $536-673{\times}447-605{\mu}m$ 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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