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<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3650506FAD78C94CBE7F957" ID-CoL="84B33" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Jahan" authorityYear="1976" box="[151,407,1734,1760]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="thapari">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FAD78C94CBE7F957" bold="true" box="[151,407,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Mesocoelium thapari</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="E2862A4FD3650506FADE8CBBCB7FF8B6" box="[158,271,1769,1793]" captionStart="FIGURES 4445" captionStartId="84.[151,263,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[186,1427,216,1866]" captionTargetId="figure-47@84.[151,1436,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="84" captionText="FIGURES 4445. Mesocoelium thapari (BMNH 1984.4.25.11-12) and Mesocoelium neohylae n. sp. (USNPC 104821.00). 44. Mesocoelium thapari; Ventral view of adult. 45. Mesocoelium neohylae n. sp.; Ventral view of holotype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253970" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5253970/files/figure.png" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Figure 44</figureCitation>
; Table 16)
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FAD78D63CB3DF8FE" bold="true" box="[151,333,1841,1866]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Definitive host:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3650506FB148D60C8BCF8FE" authority="(Bleeker)" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" box="[340,716,1841,1865]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pangasiidae" genus="Pangasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micronemus">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FB148D60C828F8FE" box="[340,600,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Pangasius micronemus</emphasis>
(Bleeker)
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, shortbarbel pangasius (Suluriformes:
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3650506FE3B8D63CF76F8FE" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1858" box="[1147,1286,1841,1865]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pangasiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Pangasiidae</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FA878D07CB42F8D9" bold="true" box="[199,306,1877,1902]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Locality:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="02AA765AD3650506FB798D07CBD3F8DA" box="[313,419,1877,1901]" name="Malaysia" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FA878D2BCA8DF825" bold="true" box="[199,253,1913,1938]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Site:</emphasis>
Intestine.
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3650506FA878DCFCBB8F801" bold="true" box="[199,456,1949,1974]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">Specimens examined:</emphasis>
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Voucher specimens
<collectionCode id="1CACAE0FD3650506F8EF8DCCC973F802" box="[687,771,1950,1973]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83">BMNH</collectionCode>
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<collectingDate id="1E47E9E2D3650506F94A8DCFC9F1F802" box="[778,897,1949,1973]" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" value="1983-04-25">1983.4.25.</collectingDate>
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3640507FAD78DC7CB23F81B" bold="true" box="[151,339,1941,1964]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">FIGURES 4143.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3640507FB198DC4C85EF81B" authorityName="Odhner" authorityYear="1910" baseAuthorityName="Luhe" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[345,558,1942,1964]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="sociale">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3640507FB198DC4C85EF81B" box="[345,558,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Mesocoelium sociale</emphasis>
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(BMNH 1994.11.25. 8-11).
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3640507F90F8DC7C91FF81B" bold="true" box="[847,879,1941,1964]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">41.</emphasis>
Ventral view of adult.
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3640507FE158DC7CE05F81B" bold="true" box="[1109,1141,1941,1964]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">42.</emphasis>
Composite drawing of seminal vesicle, ventral view.
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3640507FBD88DE6CBC7F87C" bold="true" box="[408,439,1972,1995]" pageId="83" pageNumber="84">43.</emphasis>
Composite drawing of area of oötype, ventral view.
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<paragraph id="7A0236CAD3630500FAD78D39CECBF817" blockId="84.[151,1436,1899,1953]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500FAD78D39CB23F835" bold="true" box="[151,339,1899,1922]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">FIGURES 4445.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3630500FB198D3EC840F835" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Jahan" authorityYear="1976" box="[345,560,1900,1922]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="thapari">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500FB198D3EC840F835" box="[345,560,1900,1922]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Mesocoelium thapari</emphasis>
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(BMNH 1984.4.25.11-12) and
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3630500F92F8D3ECE27F835" authority="Dronen &amp; Calhoun &amp; Simcik, 2012" authorityName="Dronen &amp; Calhoun &amp; Simcik" authorityYear="2012" box="[879,1111,1900,1922]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="neohylae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500F92F8D3ECE27F835" box="[879,1111,1900,1922]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Mesocoelium neohylae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500FE1D8D3ECEE6F836" bold="true" box="[1117,1174,1900,1921]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="53FA57A3D3630500FE1D8D3ECEE6F836" box="[1117,1174,1900,1921]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(USNPC 104821.00).
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500FF3C8D39CFECF835" bold="true" box="[1404,1436,1899,1922]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">44.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3630500FAD78DD8CB1EF817" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Jahan" authorityYear="1976" box="[151,366,1930,1952]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="thapari">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500FAD78DD8CB1EF817" box="[151,366,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Mesocoelium thapari</emphasis>
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; Ventral view of adult.
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500F81D8DD8C80DF816" bold="true" box="[605,637,1930,1953]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">45.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BDBD4D49D3630500F8C48DD8C91CF817" authority="Dronen &amp; Calhoun &amp; Simcik, 2012" authorityName="Dronen &amp; Calhoun &amp; Simcik" authorityYear="2012" box="[644,876,1930,1952]" class="Trematoda" family="Mesocoeliidae" genus="Mesocoelium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="neohylae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500F8C48DD8C91CF817" box="[644,876,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">Mesocoelium neohylae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3630500F9338DD9C9DCF817" bold="true" box="[883,940,1931,1952]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="53FA57A3D3630500F9338DD9C9DCF817" box="[883,940,1931,1952]" pageId="84" pageNumber="85" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; Ventral view of holotype.
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3620501FA878AC5CB8CFF07" bold="true" box="[199,508,151,176]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="85" pageNumber="86" reason="1">Description of specimens.</emphasis>
Based on
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specimens. With characteristics of genus. Body leiperi
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, relatively large, elongate with slightly rounded ends, 3,544 (
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) by 1,013 (9251,100); no body spines observed; forebody 888 (840935) long, 2327% of body length. Mouth subterminal; oral sucker spherical to subspherical, 278 (275280) by 288 (255320); prepharynx short; pharynx wider than long, 92 (8895) by 94 (77110); esophagus longer than prepharynx, 140 (110170) long; cecal bifurcation ⅓ distance down forebody; ceca reaching well posterior to ovary, terminating about ¾ distance down hindbody, occupying 5862% of length of postovarian space. Ratio of widths of oral sucker and pharynx 1:3.1 (1:2.91:3.3). Ventral sucker located upper ⅓ down body, smaller than oral sucker, 228 (205250) by 225 (220230). Ratio of sucker widths 1:1.3 (1: 1.11:1.5).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7A0236CAD3620501FA858B8EC8D0FD33" blockId="85.[151,1436,151,1328]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Testes smooth, nearly side by side to slightly diagonal, overlapping posterior ½ of ventral sucker. Right testis 173 (170175) by 158 (130184); left testis 174 (145203) by 144 (118183). Cirrus sac medial, situated immediately postbifurcal, well anterior to ventral sucker, enclosing short cirrus, reduced par prostatica, short to medium ejaculatory duct surrounded by prostate cells and bipartite seminal vesicle, 237 (223250, 67% of body length) by 60 (5070). Genital pore postbifurcal, median.</paragraph>
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Ovary smooth, posttesticular, situated immediately posterior to right or left testis, 130 (120140) by 132 (120143), removed from posterior end by some distance; postovarian space 2,163 (
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<geoCoordinate id="1F89500DD3620501FEC388E6CEA3FD7B" box="[1155,1235,692,716]" degrees="2,250" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="85" pageNumber="86" precision="55" value="-2.25">2,250</geoCoordinate>
) long, 5963% of body length. Seminal receptacle spherical, located immediately sinistral to ovary. Laurers canal present, opening not observed. Vitelline fields distributed along ceca from level of esophagus posteriorly to midlevel of postovarian space or more posterior, terminating a short distance anterior to cecal ends; vitelline follicles delicate (poorly developed), sparsely scattered along ceca, 39 (3060) by 41 (2290). Uterus occupies most of hindbody, largely postacetabular. Eggs operculate, 37 (3639) by 22 (2023) (n = 25).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7A0236CAD3620501FA8789DEC966FC13" blockId="85.[151,1436,151,1328]" box="[199,790,908,932]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Excretory vesicle Y-shaped; excretory pore terminal.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="48C9EAD8D3620501FA8989E2CB4FFC7F" bold="true" box="[201,319,944,968]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86">Remarks:</emphasis>
These specimens (BMNH
<date id="0E03100AD3620501F83389FDC894FC70" box="[627,740,943,967]" pageId="85" pageNumber="86" value="1983-04-25">1983.4.25</date>
) have moderately long ceca, and a genital pore that is postbifurcal and median, placing them in the leiperi body
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. The posterior extent of the vitelline fields terminate well anterior to the cecal ends (about ¾ of the cecal length); the ceca are unusually long, occupying 5963% of the length of the postovarian space and there are few, delicate, sparsely scattered vitelline follicles present, placing these specimens in
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.
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. These specimens are somewhat larger than those reported by
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in the original description of this species (
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long compared to
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), have a smaller egg (3639 long compared to 4050) and are from a catfish rather than a frog, but correspond in all other respects to
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.
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(Table 16). It is possible that these specimens represent an undescribed species, but without additional specimens we feel the appearance and distribution of the vitelline follicles and similarities in measurements warrant their preliminary assignment to
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.
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</taxonomicName>
. Both are from the same general geographic region of the Old world (
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and
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, respectively).
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