Urogonimus turdi (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the White’s Thrush, Zoothera aurea, in the Republic of Korea
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.5.461
- Author:
Hyeon Cheol KIM
1
;
Eui Ju HONG
;
Si Yun RYU
;
Jinho PARK
;
Do Hyeon YU
;
Joon Seok CHAE
;
Kyoung Seong CHOI
;
Cheolho SIM
;
Bae Keun PARK
Author Information
1. College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24289, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Urogonimus turdi;
Zoothera aurea;
White’s thrush;
Korea
- MeSH:
Birds;
Candidiasis, Oral;
Esophagus;
Intestines;
Korea;
Pharynx;
Republic of Korea;
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S;
Songbirds;
Trees
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2019;57(5):461-467
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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 μm wide. The oral sucker was subterminal, rounded anteriorly, and 308–425×351–432 μm in size; the prepharynx and esophagus were almost lacking; pharynx was well-developed, 142–179×78–170 μm 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, 536–673×447–605 μm 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.
