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Selfcoelum goliath Witenberg 1923, n. comb.

Description

S. goliath (Witenberg, 1923) n. comb.

Type host. Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus) (Syn. Totanus glottis [Gunnerus]) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).

Type locality. Type locality unknown; given as Dongebiet (Also spelled Don-Bebiet), Rostov, southern Russian Federation- Yamaguti (1958, 1971).

Additional host. Eurasian coot, Fulica atra Linnaeus (Gruiformes: Rallidae).

Additional locality. Turkistan, Russian Federation, specific locality unknown—Yamaguti (1971). Remarks. This species was originally described as Cyclocoelum (Antepharyngeum) goliath Witenberg, 1923. It was considered a synonym of Cyclocoelum mutabile (Zeder, 1800) by Dubois (1959). This species was transferred to Harrahium by Dollfus (1948). It has a genital pore that is located posterior to the mid-level of the pharynx (postpharyngeal) and the vitelline fields are not confluent posteriorly, placing it in Selfcoelum. No oral or ventral sucker described—Witenberg (1923).

Notes

Published as part of Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4053 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/237117

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cyclocoelidae
Genus
Selfcoelum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Echinostomida
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Scientific name authorship
Witenberg
Species
goliath
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Selfcoelum goliath (Witenberg, 1923) sec. Dronen & Blend, 2015

References

  • Witenberg, G. G. (1923) The trematodes of the family Cyclocoelidae and a new principle of their systematics. Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Institute Ҫeksperimental'noaei Veterinarii, 1, 84 - 141. [in Russian]
  • Yamaguti, S. (1958) Systema Helminthum. Vol. 1. The Digenetic Trematodes of Vertebrates, Interscience Publishers, New York, 1575 pp.
  • Yamaguti, S. (1971) Synopsis of Digenetic Trematodes of Vertebrates. Vol. I. Keigaku Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1074 pp.
  • Zeder, J. G. H. (1800) Erster Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewumer mit zufassen und Anmerkungen. Herausgegeben von Johann Georg Heinrich Zeder. Siegfried Liver-genuinly Crusius, Leipzig, Germany, 320 pp.
  • Dubois, G. (1959) Revision des Cyclocoelidae Kossack 1911 (Trematoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 66, 67 - 147. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 75207
  • Dollfus, R. P. (1948) Sur deux monostomes (Cyclocoelidae) pourvus d'une ventrose ventral. Observations sur la classification des Cyclocoeloidea Albert Henry 1923, liste de leurs hotes, repartition geographique. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 23,129 - 199.