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<mods:title>Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from temperate marine fishes of Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Aken'Ova, Thelma</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Cribb, Thomas</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Bray, Rodney</mods:namePart>
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<emphasis box="[121,256,1539,1565]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37" reason="1">Macvicaria</emphasis>
flexuomeatus
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Type-host:
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<emphasis box="[248,452,1574,1601]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Goniistius gibbosus</emphasis>
(Richardson)
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(
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).
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Other host:
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<emphasis box="[259,567,1610,1636]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus</emphasis>
Allen &amp; Heemstra
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(
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).
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Type-locality: Off Woodman Point, W. A.
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<emphasis box="[121,161,167,193]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Site</emphasis>
: Gut, intestine.
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Material studied: Ex
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:
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17 from off Woodman Point,
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; Ex
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Allen &amp; Heemstra" authorityYear="1976" box="[203,513,237,263]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cheilodactylidae" genus="Cheilodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubrolabiatus">Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus</taxonomicName>
:
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3 from off Woodman Point, December, 1994.
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Type-material:
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:
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G
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:
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G
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-
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,
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2008.7.5.6-13.
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
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Description (
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Based on 15 mature whole-mount specimens and 2 sets of serial sagittal sections from
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<taxonomicName authority="Gill, 1862" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1862" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[121,331,483,510]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cheilodactylidae" genus="Goniistius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gibbosus">Goniistius gibbosus</taxonomicName>
.
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Measurements of worms from
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<emphasis box="[689,997,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus</emphasis>
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are given in
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.
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Measurements are of 10 gravid, unflattened whole-mount worms from
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. Body robust, oval, sub-cylindrical, maximum width in region of gonads, 688- 1119 (904) × 316-481 (408); width to length ratio 1:2.1-2.4 (2.2). Oral sucker ventrally subterminal, subglobular, 90-118 (105) × 112-159 (133). Ventral sucker larger than oral sucker, transversely oval, margin of anterior portion bordered by tegumental fold, supplied with numerous prominent muscle fibres, in anterior half of body, 169- 234 (205) × 206-256 (232); sucker width ratio 1:1.6-1.9 (1.7). Forebody short, 205- 297 (251) long, 26-30 (28)% body-length. Prepharynx distinct, short, almost entirely dorso-posterior to oral sucker. Pharynx well developed, spherical to sub-spherical, 67- 86 (76) × 68-99 (83); pharynx to oral sucker width ratio 1:1.5-1.8 (1.6). Oesophagus short, thick walled, surrounded by few gland cells. Intestinal bifurcation usually posterior to anterior margin of ventral sucker, sometimes slightly anterior to (n=2) or level with anterior margin of ventral sucker (n=1). Caeca broad, terminate blindly close to posterior extremity.
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Measurements (in µm) of
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n. sp. (n = 3) from
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.
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<th box="[129,565,858,883]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Maximum width</th>
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<th box="[129,565,889,913]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Length/width</th>
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<td box="[976,1035,889,913]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">2.2</td>
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<th box="[129,565,919,943]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Oral sucker length</th>
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<td box="[654,706,949,973]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">107</td>
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<th box="[129,565,979,1003]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Pharynx length</th>
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<td box="[976,1035,979,1003]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">58</td>
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<th box="[129,565,1010,1034]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Pharynx width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1010,1034]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">60</td>
<td box="[816,870,1010,1034]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">68</td>
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<th box="[129,565,1040,1064]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">OSW/pharynx width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1040,1064]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">1.7</td>
<td box="[816,870,1040,1064]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">1.8</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1040,1064]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">1.8</td>
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<th box="[129,565,1070,1094]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Ovary width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1070,1094]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">62</td>
<td box="[816,870,1070,1094]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">96</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1070,1094]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">84</td>
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<th box="[129,565,1100,1124]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Anterior testis length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1100,1124]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">81</td>
<td box="[816,870,1100,1124]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">134</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1100,1124]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">109</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1131,1155]" gridrow="11" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1131,1155]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Anterior testis width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1131,1155]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">119</td>
<td box="[816,870,1131,1155]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">160</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1131,1155]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">144</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1161,1185]" gridrow="12" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1161,1185]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Posterior testis length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1161,1185]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">108</td>
<td box="[816,870,1161,1185]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">128</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1161,1185]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">119</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1191,1215]" gridrow="13" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1191,1215]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Posterior testis width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1191,1215]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">125</td>
<td box="[816,870,1191,1215]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">156</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1191,1215]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">137</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1221,1245]" gridrow="14" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1221,1245]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Forebody-length (FBL)</th>
<td box="[654,706,1221,1245]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">187</td>
<td box="[816,870,1221,1245]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">220</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1221,1245]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">206</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1251,1276]" gridrow="15" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1251,1276]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">FBL as % of body-length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1251,1276]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">26.7</td>
<td box="[816,870,1251,1276]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">27.7</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1251,1276]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">27.3</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1282,1306]" gridrow="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1282,1306]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Ventral sucker length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1282,1306]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">165</td>
<td box="[816,870,1282,1306]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">183</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1282,1306]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">176</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1312,1336]" gridrow="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1312,1336]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Ventral sucker width (VSW)</th>
<td box="[654,706,1312,1336]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">189</td>
<td box="[816,870,1312,1336]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">212</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1312,1336]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">203</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1342,1366]" gridrow="18" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1342,1366]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">VSW/OSW</th>
<td box="[654,706,1342,1366]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">1.8</td>
<td box="[816,870,1342,1366]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">2.0</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1342,1366]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">1.9</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1372,1397]" gridrow="19" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1372,1397]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Anterior extremity to genital pore (AEGP)</th>
<td box="[654,706,1372,1397]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">153</td>
<td box="[816,870,1372,1397]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">166</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1372,1397]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">158</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1403,1427]" gridrow="20" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1403,1427]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">AEGP as % body-length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1403,1427]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">18.6</td>
<td box="[816,870,1403,1427]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">23.0</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1403,1427]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">21.1</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1433,1457]" gridrow="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1433,1457]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Cirrus-sac length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1433,1457]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">256</td>
<td box="[816,870,1433,1457]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">289</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1433,1457]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">275</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1463,1487]" gridrow="22" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1463,1487]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Cirrus-sac width</th>
<td box="[654,706,1463,1487]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">74</td>
<td box="[816,870,1463,1487]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">83</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1463,1487]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">78</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1493,1518]" gridrow="23" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1493,1518]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Post-testicular region (PTR)</th>
<td box="[654,706,1493,1518]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">106</td>
<td box="[816,870,1493,1518]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">137</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1493,1518]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">121</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1523,1548]" gridrow="24" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1523,1548]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">PTR as % of body-length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1523,1548]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">15.7</td>
<td box="[816,870,1523,1548]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">16.6</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1523,1548]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">16.0</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1554,1578]" gridrow="25" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1554,1578]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Anterior extremity to vitellarium (AEV)</th>
<td box="[654,706,1554,1578]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">157</td>
<td box="[816,870,1554,1578]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">178</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1554,1578]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">166</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1584,1608]" gridrow="26" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1584,1608]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">AEV as % of body-length</th>
<td box="[654,706,1584,1608]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">21.2</td>
<td box="[816,870,1584,1608]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">23.3</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1584,1608]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">22.0</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1614,1638]" gridrow="27" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1614,1638]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Posterior extremity to vitellarium</th>
<td box="[654,706,1614,1638]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">8</td>
<td box="[816,870,1614,1638]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td box="[976,1035,1614,1638]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">12</td>
</tr>
<tr box="[129,1035,1644,1669]" gridrow="28" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
<th box="[129,565,1644,1669]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">Eggs</th>
<td box="[654,1035,1644,1669]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">57-74 (64) × 25-42 (34), n=12</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="16.[121,1089,166,862]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Testes 2, rarely one (n=1), spherical to sub-spherical, contiguous, overlapping, usually tandem or oblique, sometimes neither distinctly tandem nor oblique (n=2), in posterior half of body, anterior 88-143 (118) × 125-200 (164), posterior 109-181 (145) × 112-221 (169), overlaps anterior testis dorsally. Post-testicular area small, 89-179 (137) long, 11-18 (15) % body-length. Cirrus-sac large, claviform, thick walled particularly at posterior end, extends from point antero-sinistral to pharynx, reaching past ventral sucker dorsally, usually medially, sometimes laterally, to anterior margin of anterior testis, usually deflecting to left side at level of ovary, sometimes deflecting to right (n=2), or not (n=1); posterior tip may overlap ovary or anterior testis dorsally, depressing anterior margin of anterior testis at point of contact or wedged between ovary and</paragraph>
<paragraph box="[919,945,938,960]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">20</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="16.[121,590,1558,1676]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,239,1558,1580]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Figs 16-18.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[247,462,1558,1580]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Macvicaria flexuomeatus</emphasis>
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ex
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Goniistius gibbosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 16. Whole-mount ventral view. 17. Terminal genitalia. 18. Dorsal distribution of vitelline follicles.
<emphasis box="[232,315,1654,1675]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Scale bars</emphasis>
: 16,
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="16.[620,1089,1558,1676]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[620,746,1558,1580]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Figs 19-20.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[759,986,1558,1580]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Macvicaria flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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ex
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<emphasis box="[620,884,1590,1611]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 19. Whole-mount ventral view. 20. Dorsal distribution of vitelline follicles.
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: 19,
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">anterior testis; 314-404 (351) × 76-101 (91). Internal seminal vesicle, tubular, occupies posterior portion of cirrus-sac. Pars prostatica well developed, thick walled, surrounded by numerous gland cells. Ejaculatory duct long, thick walled, convoluted at posterior end, surrounded by gland cells. Male terminal genitalia absent in one specimen. Genital atrium small, surrounded by few gland cells. Genital pore sinistral, extracaecal, at level of posterior half of pharynx, usually about half way between median and lateral margin, sometimes overlapping left margin of pharynx (n=3); 157-220 (195) from anterior end, 20-23 (22)% of body-length.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Ovary entire, spherical, normally smaller than testes, hypertrophied and about twice size of solitary testis in one worm, contiguous with, and dextral or antero-dextral to anterior testis, occasionally separated from (n=2) or anterior to anterior testis (n=1), 66-110 (88) × 67-114 (89). Mehlis gland distinct, dorsal to ovary. Canalicular seminal receptacle large, saccate, usually dorsal to anterior testis, overlapping anterior portion of posterior testis, occasionally overlapping ovary and posterior testis dorsally (n=1). Uterine coils mainly intercaecal, between anterior testis and posterior margin of ventral sucker, overlapping ovary, anterior testis and cirrus-sac ventrally and dorsally and, sometimes inner margins of caeca; coils may extend posteriorly to posterior margin of posterior testis (n=1) or anteriorly to posterior portion of ventral sucker (n=2). Metraterm distinct, thick walled, extensive, usually containing eggs, distal extremity surrounded by gland cells. Eggs large, oval, operculate, 50-75 (65) × 25-41 (32). Vitelline follicles extend from 163-247 (208) from anterior extremity, 21-27 (23)% of bodylength, to 9-23 (13) from posterior extremity; fields separate ventrally in forebody, confluent in post-testicular area, covering almost all surface of posterior testis and posterior portion of anterior testis ventrally; dorsal field almost confluent throughout length, but interrupted in area of posterior half of ventral sucker, particularly in area of male terminal genitalia, sometimes follicles feebly developed on left or right side of forebody (n=2). Fields lie lateral, dorsal and ventral to caeca with bilateral follicle-free patches in area of ventral sucker ventrally; anterior extent of follicles usually level with posterior end of oesophagus, intestinal bifurcation or sometimes varying between posterior margin of ventral sucker and intestinal bifurcation, rarely to posterior margin of pharynx ventrally (n=1) or dorsally (n=2).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Excretory pore usually dorsally subterminal, sometimes terminal (n=4), or occasionally ventrally subterminal (n=1). Excretory vesicle I-shaped, tubular, posterior end narrow, anterior portion broad, extends anteriorly to terminate just anterior to posterior margin of anterior testis as observed in sagittal section.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="40" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,300,1399,1425]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis box="[166,295,1399,1425]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Etymology</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
The species name
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<emphasis box="[516,654,1398,1424]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.
<emphasis box="[704,797,1398,1424]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">flexuosus</emphasis>
, full of bends; L.
<emphasis box="[1006,1081,1399,1424]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">meatus</emphasis>
, passage) is derived from the species characteristic convoluted ejaculatory duct.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,302,1469,1495]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis box="[166,297,1469,1495]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Comments</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
The specimens of
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<emphasis box="[527,799,1469,1495]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Macvicaria flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[810,876,1469,1495]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar to those from
<taxonomicName authority="Gill, 1862" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1862" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[673,799,1504,1530]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cheilodactylidae" genus="Goniistius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gibbosus">
<emphasis box="[673,799,1504,1530]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">G. gibbosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; no significant visible or morpho-metrical differences were observed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" box="[166,829,1574,1601]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<taxonomicName authority="Aken'Ova &amp; Cribb &amp; Bray, 2008" authorityName="Aken'Ova &amp; Cribb &amp; Bray" authorityYear="2008" box="[166,434,1574,1600]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="flexuomeatus" status="n. sp.">
<emphasis box="[166,434,1574,1600]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Macvicaria flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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fits the concept of Group C.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[121,1089,166,1672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Yamaguti" authorityYear="1952" box="[166,282,1610,1635]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="synagris">
<emphasis box="[166,282,1610,1635]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">M. synagris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in its general body form (fusiform in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Yamaguti" authorityYear="1952" box="[741,856,1610,1635]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="17" pageNumber="40" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="synagris">
<emphasis box="[741,856,1610,1635]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">M. synagris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), sucker-ratio (1:2.5), and a more anterior genital pore (13% of body-length from the anterior extremity).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[121,1089,166,369]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">
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<emphasis box="[166,441,166,192]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">Macvicaria mutovitellina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more elongate with a width to length ratio of 1:2.5-3.0 (2.8) and it has a longer post-testicular space (15-22 (19)% of the body-length). The caeca in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aken'Ova &amp; Cribb &amp; Bray" authorityYear="2008" box="[220,400,237,263]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="18" pageNumber="41" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="flexuomeatus">
<emphasis box="[220,400,237,263]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">M. flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
terminate just beyond the posterior margin of the posterior testis whereas they reach well into the post-testicular space in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aken'Ova &amp; Cribb &amp; Bray" authorityYear="2008" box="[814,999,272,298]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="18" pageNumber="41" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mutovitellina">
<emphasis box="[814,999,272,298]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">M. mutovitellina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[121,1089,166,369]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">
The other members of Group C differ from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aken'Ova &amp; Cribb &amp; Bray" authorityYear="2008" box="[674,853,307,333]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="18" pageNumber="41" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="flexuomeatus">
<emphasis box="[674,853,307,333]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">M. flexuomeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the same features as they do
<taxonomicName authority="Gibson &amp; Bray, 1982" box="[242,408,342,368]" class="Trematoda" family="Opecoelidae" genus="Macvicaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="18" pageNumber="41" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mutovillina">
<emphasis box="[242,408,342,368]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">M. mutovillina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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