BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 February 2003 ACANTHOSTOMUM MACROCLEMIDIS N. SP. (DIGENEA: CRYPTOGONIMIDAE: ACANTHOSTOMINAE) FROM THE ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE, MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKI
Vasyl V. Tkach, Scott D. Snyder
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Acanthostomum macroclemidis n. sp. is described from specimens found in the intestine of an alligator snapping turtle Macroclemys temmincki from southern Mississippi. The most important diagnostic features of the new species are the general shape and proportions of the body, the position of the pharynx (relative length of the prepharynx and esophagus), the egg size, the relative length and position of the vitelline fields, and the number, shape, and size of the circumoral spines. The new species has a very elongated body (length–width ratio, 8.9–13.0:1), 26 circumoral spines, which are almost oval in shape, a long prepharynx and a very short (shorter than the pharynx) esophagus, a seminal receptacle situated between the ovary and the anterior testis, a uterus not extending posterior to the anterior margin of the ovary, a long-stemmed and short-armed excretory vesicle, and 2 anal openings. Some features of the external morphology, such as the suckers, circumoral spines, sensory papillae, tegumental spines, and morphology of the posterior end, are examined using scanning electron microscopy. A diagnosis differentiating A. macroclemidis n. sp. from some other acanthostomine digeneans is provided. Acanthostomum macroclemidis n. sp. is the first digenean reported from an alligator snapping turtle and represents the northernmost record of an acanthostomine from turtles.

Vasyl V. Tkach and Scott D. Snyder "ACANTHOSTOMUM MACROCLEMIDIS N. SP. (DIGENEA: CRYPTOGONIMIDAE: ACANTHOSTOMINAE) FROM THE ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE, MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKI," Journal of Parasitology 89(1), 159-167, (1 February 2003). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0159:AMNSDC]2.0.CO;2
Received: 28 May 2002; Accepted: 1 September 2002; Published: 1 February 2003
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top