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A Review of the Trematode Genus Encyclometra Baylis and Cannon, 1924

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Yeh Sheng-Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

In a review of the genus Encyclometra, only three species are considered to be valid : the genotype Encyclometra colubrimurorum (Rudolphi, 1819) Dollfus, 1929 ; E. japonica Yoshida and Ozaki, 1929 with synonyms E. microrchis Yamaguti, 1933, E. koreana Park, 1940 and E. vitellata N. K. Gupta, 1954 ; and E. asymmetrica Wallace, 1936. The intestinal caeca are shown to be a constant, useful and reliable character to differentiate the various species in the genus. In the light of some new information, the genus is slightly amended.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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