Platt T R, Blair D
Department of Biology, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
J Parasitol. 1996 Apr;82(2):307-11.
Two new species of Uterotrema (Digenea: Spirorchidae) are described from Emydura krefftii in northern Queensland, Australia. Both new species are smaller than the only previously described member of the genus and possess an oral sucker/ventral sucker ratio > 1. Uterotrema burnsi n. sp. possesses a thin, elongate uterus that is 25% of the total body length. The uterus of Uterotrema kreffti n. sp. is shorter, and it possesses vitellaria and a vitelline reservoir, neither of which were reported in the type species. Although reported here as distinct species they may represent a single species that sequentially changes reproductive roles during development in the definitive host.
从澳大利亚昆士兰州北部的克雷夫蒂氏澳龟(Emydura krefftii)体内发现了两种新的子宫吸虫属(复殖吸虫纲:旋睾科)物种。这两个新物种都比该属之前唯一描述过的成员小,并且口吸盘/腹吸盘比率大于1。伯恩斯子宫吸虫(Uterotrema burnsi)新种具有细长的薄子宫,长度为体长的25%。克雷夫蒂子宫吸虫(Uterotrema kreffti)新种的子宫较短,有卵黄腺和卵黄囊,而模式种中均未报告有这些结构。尽管在此报告为不同物种,但它们可能代表一个单一物种,在终末宿主体内发育过程中依次改变生殖角色。