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(Syns.
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[
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[
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Opisthorchiidae
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possesses a muscular cirrus pouch and the structure and position of its genital organs and coiled uterus originally placed
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within the
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Fellodistomatidae
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(=
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) as a member of the Haplocladinae
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(= Fellodistominae Nicoll, 1909) (see
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).
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erected the Proctoecinae
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and reassigned
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as one of its members.
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transferred
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3749BFBF6C455FBA1" box="[224,358,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
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to the Walliniinae
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within the
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. In their revision of
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37091FBF6C057FBA1" box="[1258,1380,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Astiotrema</emphasis>
,
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sunk
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD375DBFBD2C715FBC5" box="[416,550,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
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; they synonymized
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37771FBD2C6A3FBC5" box="[778,912,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD377ABFBD2C179FBC5" box="[976,1098,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
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and its
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species,
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3752BFBBEC777FBF9" box="[336,580,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana batrachii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, with
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37765FBBEC61CFBF9" box="[798,815,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37745FBBEC69CFBF9" box="[830,943,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">reniferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD377D4FBBEC680FBF9" box="[943,947,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD377C1FBBEC14AFBF9" author="Agrawal, V." box="[954,1145,1112,1138]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="217 - 231" refId="ref31961" refString="Agrawal, V. (1966 a) Four trematode parasites (Plagiorchiidae Luhe, 1901 emend. Ward, 1917) from reptiles of Lucknow. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 14, 133 - 151. Agrawal, V. (1966 b) Studies on some trematode parasites of fresh water fishes from Lucknow. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 41, 217 - 231. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 1966413217" type="journal article" year="1966">Agrawal (1966a)</bibRefCitation>
did not agree with
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in holding
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD375C7FB9AC771FB1D" box="[444,578,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be synonymous with
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3772AFB9AC6F8FB1D" box="[849,971,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the difference in the appearance of the vitellarium;
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37510FB46C4C2FB31" box="[363,497,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has follicles distributed into two distinct aggregations (prebifurcal group and post-acetabular group) whilst vitellarium in
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37636FB22C7F4FB55" box="[589,711,1220,1246]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forms one continuous, uninterrupted field.
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD374BCFB0EC47EFA89" box="[199,333,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
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has undergone many taxonomic displacements being considered either in the
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or in the
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Macroderoididae
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(see
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;
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,
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;
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;
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<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD3716BFAB2C5E7FA19" authorityName="McMullen" authorityYear="1937" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="family">Macroderoididae</taxonomicName>
which, in turn, has caused a noticeable change in either recognizing or not the validity of this family and/or what genera should be assigned to it (see
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</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD374BCF9EFC496F9A9" author="Font, W. F. &amp; Lotz, J. M." box="[199,421,1544,1571]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="1937" refId="ref35335" refString="Font, W. F. &amp; Lotz, J. M. (2008) Family Macroderoididae McMullen, 1937. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. &amp; Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, pp. 373 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9780851995885.0373" type="book chapter" year="2008">Font &amp; Lotz (2008)</bibRefCitation>
pointed to a lack of distinctive features for differentiating between the
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and the
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with the exception of the shape of the excretory vesicle originally described by
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD3715DF9CAC5D6F9E1" author="McMullen, D. B." pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="235 - 243" refId="ref37755" refString="McMullen, D. B. (1937) The life histories of three trematodes, parasitic in birds and mammals, belonging to the genus Plagiorchis. The Journal of Parasitology, 23, 235 - 243. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3272413" type="journal article" year="1937">McMullen (1937)</bibRefCitation>
; I-shaped in the
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and Y-shaped in the
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. However,
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD37019F9B7C00FF9E1" author="Font, W. F. &amp; Lotz, J. M." box="[1122,1340,1616,1643]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="1937" refId="ref35335" refString="Font, W. F. &amp; Lotz, J. M. (2008) Family Macroderoididae McMullen, 1937. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. &amp; Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, pp. 373 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9780851995885.0373" type="book chapter" year="2008">Font &amp; Lotz (2008)</bibRefCitation>
retained
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD374ECF992C42EF905" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,285,1652,1678]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD374ECF992C42EF905" box="[151,285,1652,1678]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
tentatively within the
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD37667F992C7EDF905" authorityName="McMullen" authorityYear="1937" box="[540,734,1652,1678]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="family">Macroderoididae</taxonomicName>
, in spite of its Y-shaped excretory vesicle, until a distinct consensus could be reached for distinguishing both families. Since
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37722F97EC6ECF939" box="[857,991,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a unipartite internal seminal vesicle and neither a bipartite nor a convoluted undivided tubular one, characteristic in members of both the
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD37081F95AC0AFF95D" authorityName=", Boeger &amp; Thatcher" authorityYear="1983" box="[1274,1436,1724,1750]" class="Trematoda" family="Plagiorchiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="family">Plagiorchiidae</taxonomicName>
and the
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, we do not consider
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD376EDF906C62FF971" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1955" box="[662,796,1760,1786]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD376EDF906C62FF971" box="[662,796,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be a plagiorchiid or a macroderoidid.
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37098F906C05AF971" box="[1251,1385,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has a distinct cirrus pouch unlike members of the
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, which have a tubular, coiled seminal vesicle situated free in the parenchyma of the forebody (i.e., no cirrus-pouch) (see
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD377A0F8CEC159F8C9" author="Scholz, T." box="[987,1130,1832,1858]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="1899" refId="ref39127" refString="Scholz, T. (2008) Family Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. &amp; Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, pp. 9 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9780851995885.0009" type="book chapter" year="2008">Scholz 2008</bibRefCitation>
), thus
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD370C9F8CEC00BF8C9" box="[1202,1336,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not belong among the opisthorchiids either.
</paragraph>
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Focusing on representatives of
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37652F896C79CF801" box="[553,687,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only four species have been reported: (i) the type-species,
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3712FF896C05BF801" box="[1364,1384,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3710CF896C5D1F825" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">batrachii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(syns.
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD3754FF872C610F824" authority="Dayal &amp; Gupta, 1953" authorityName="Dayal &amp; Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[308,803,1940,1967]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Gauhatinae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3754FF872C714F825" box="[308,551,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatinae batrachii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD37654F872C610F824" author="Dayal, J. &amp; Gupta, S." box="[559,803,1940,1967]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="190" refId="ref34234" refString="Dayal, J. &amp; Gupta, S. (1953) A new trematode, Gauhatinae batrachii n. g., n. sp., from the intestine of a fresh-water fish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.), of the sub-family Haplocladinae Odhner, 1911. Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress (Lucknow), 40, 190. [abstract]" type="journal article" year="1953">Dayal &amp; Gupta, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
[
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3774FF873C6E0F825" box="[820,979,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">nomen nudum</emphasis>
];
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37797F872C1D2F825" box="[1004,1249,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana batrachii</emphasis>
Dayal &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD3712AF872C5FCF858" author="Gupta, N. K." pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="85 - 100" refId="ref35785" refString="Gupta, N. K. (1954) On five new trematodes of the genus Astiotrema Looss, 1900, from the intestine of Lissemys punctata punctata and discussion on the synonymity of two already known forms. Research Bulletin of the Panjab University, 49 / 50, 85 - 100." type="journal article" year="1954">Gupta, 1954</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
[
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD37498F85EC418F859" box="[227,299,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">lapsus</emphasis>
];
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD3753EF85EC745F859" baseAuthorityName="Dayal &amp; Gupta" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[325,630,1976,2002]" class="Trematoda" family="Orientocreadiidae" genus="Orientocreadium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3753EF85EC745F859" box="[325,630,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Orientocreadium batrachii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[Dayal &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD3768DF85EC6B4F858" author="Gupta, N. K." box="[758,903,1976,2003]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" pagination="85 - 100" refId="ref35785" refString="Gupta, N. K. (1954) On five new trematodes of the genus Astiotrema Looss, 1900, from the intestine of Lissemys punctata punctata and discussion on the synonymity of two already known forms. Research Bulletin of the Panjab University, 49 / 50, 85 - 100." type="journal article" year="1954">Gupta, 1954</bibRefCitation>
]
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF80FFD377EEF85EC193F858" author="Arthur, J. R. &amp; Shariff, M." box="[917,1184,1976,2003]" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" refId="ref32238" refString="Arthur, J. R. &amp; Shariff, M. (2015) Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Malaysia. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Selangor, 374 pp." type="book" year="2015">Arthur &amp; Shariff, 2015</bibRefCitation>
[
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD370CFF85EC1CFF859" box="[1204,1276,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">lapsus</emphasis>
];
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD3716DF85EC4A3F87C" authority="Gupta, 1955" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1955" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3716DF85EC5CDF87D" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Gauhatiana batrachii</emphasis>
Gupta, 1955
</taxonomicName>
[
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD375DBF83AC4DBF87D" box="[416,488,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">lapsus</emphasis>
]), from the intestine of
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF80FFD3768FF83AC6F3F87D" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[756,960,2012,2038]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Clariidae" genus="Clarias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="482" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batrachus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF80FFD3768FF83AC6F3F87D" box="[756,960,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="482">Clarias batrachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the River Brahamputra at Guwahati,
<collectingCountry id="9EE5C399FF83FFD074ECFF71C5E7FF3A" box="[151,212,151,177]" name="India" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">India</collectingCountry>
; (ii)
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07577FF71C638FF3A" authority="Gupta &amp; Miglani, 1976" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Miglani" authorityYear="1976" box="[268,779,151,177]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lebedevi">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07577FF71C4C4FF3A" box="[268,503,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Gauhatiana lebedevi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD0767BFF71C638FF3A" author="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A." box="[512,779,151,177]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="219 - 248" refId="ref35882" refString="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A. (1976) Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 36, 219 - 248." type="journal article" year="1976">Gupta &amp; Miglani, 1976</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from the intestine of a marine teleost at Port Blair,
<collectingCountry id="9EE5C399FF83FFD07120FF71C0ABFF3A" box="[1371,1432,151,177]" name="India" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">India</collectingCountry>
; (iii)
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD074B0FF5DC46CFF5E" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="1981" box="[203,351,187,213]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fusiformis">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD074B0FF5DC46CFF5E" box="[203,351,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">G. fusiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the intestine of the yellowfin,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD0777EFF5DC15BFF5E" authority="Bleeker" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1871" box="[773,1128,187,213]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cyprinidae" genus="Xenocypris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrolepis">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD0777EFF5DC134FF5E" box="[773,1031,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Xenocypris macrolepis</emphasis>
Bleeker
</taxonomicName>
(syn.
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD070C9FF5DC5C6FF72" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1868" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cyprinidae" genus="Xenocypris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="argentea">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD070C9FF5DC0AEFF5F" box="[1202,1437,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Xenocypris argentea</emphasis>
Günther
</taxonomicName>
) (
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07570FF39C486FF72" box="[267,437,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Cypriniformes</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD075BBFF39C74BFF72" box="[448,632,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Xenocyprididae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Xenocyprididae</taxonomicName>
), from
<collectingRegion id="24364DEBFF83FFD076B3FF39C64EFF72" box="[712,893,223,249]" country="China" name="Fujian" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Fujian Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="9EE5C399FF83FFD077F2FF39C6FCFF72" box="[905,975,223,249]" name="China" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">China</collectingCountry>
; (iv) and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07040FF39C0AEFF72" authority="Wang" authorityName="Wang" box="[1083,1437,223,249]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pseudobagri">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07040FF39C066FF72" box="[1083,1365,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Gauhatiana pseudobagri</emphasis>
Wang
</taxonomicName>
in
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD074C9FEE5C722FE96" author="Wang, P. Q. &amp; Zhao, Y. R. &amp; Chen, Q. G. &amp; Tao, J. Y." box="[178,529,259,285]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="125 - 134" refId="ref41179" refString="Wang, P. Q., Zhao, Y. R., Chen, Q. G. &amp; Tao, J. Y. (1983) Notes on some species of parasitic helminths from freshwater fishes and five new species in Hongze Lake. Journal of Fujian Teachers University (Natural Science), 2, 125 - 134." type="journal article" year="1983">Wang, Zhao, Chen &amp; Tao, 1983</bibRefCitation>
from the intestine of the yellow catfish,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD077B4FEE5C06CFE96" authority="(Richardson)" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[975,1375,259,285]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Bagridae" genus="Tachysurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvidraco">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD077B4FEE5C1F4FE96" box="[975,1223,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Tachysurus fulvidraco</emphasis>
(Richardson)
</taxonomicName>
(syn.
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD074ECFEC1C482FECA" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[151,433,295,321]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Bagridae" genus="Pseudobagrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvidraco">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD074ECFEC1C482FECA" box="[151,433,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Pseudobagrus fulvidraco</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[Richardson]) (
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07618FEC1C7C6FECA" box="[611,757,295,321]" class="Actinopterygii" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Siluriformes</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07684FEC1C65BFECA" box="[767,872,295,321]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Bagridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Bagridae</taxonomicName>
), from Hongze Lake,
<collectingCountry id="9EE5C399FF83FFD07026FEC1C197FECA" box="[1117,1188,295,321]" name="China" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">China</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD074ECF902C45DF977" bold="true" box="[151,366,1764,1788]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">FIGURES 28 &amp; 29.</emphasis>
Taxa recognized within
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07615F902C641F977" authority="Gupta, 1953" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[622,882,1764,1788]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07615F902C7D4F977" box="[622,743,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD0768BF902C641F977" author="Gupta, S. P." box="[752,882,1764,1788]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36009" refString="Gupta, S. P. (1953) Trematode parasites of fresh-water fishes. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 5, 1 - 80. ̕" type="journal article" year="1953">Gupta, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07706F902C6AEF977" bold="true" box="[893,925,1764,1788]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">28.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD077DEF902C03FF977" authority="Gupta, 1953" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[933,1292,1764,1788]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD077DEF902C1B0F977" box="[933,1155,1764,1788]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Gauhatiana batrachii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD070F0F902C03FF977" author="Gupta, S. P." box="[1163,1292,1764,1788]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36009" refString="Gupta, S. P. (1953) Trematode parasites of fresh-water fishes. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 5, 1 - 80. ̕" type="journal article" year="1953">Gupta, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ventral view, redrawn from
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD0755CF8EEC49AF8AB" author="Gupta, S. P." box="[295,425,1800,1824]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36009" refString="Gupta, S. P. (1953) Trematode parasites of fresh-water fishes. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 5, 1 - 80. ̕" type="journal article" year="1953">Gupta (1953</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 7).
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07587F8EEC72FF8AB" bold="true" box="[508,540,1800,1824]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">29.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF83FFD07659F8EEC6D9F8AB" authority="Gupta &amp; Miglani, 1976" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Miglani" authorityYear="1976" box="[546,1002,1800,1824]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lebedevi">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF83FFD07659F8EEC7C6F8AB" box="[546,757,1800,1824]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="483">Gauhatiana lebedevi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD07680F8EEC6D9F8AB" author="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A." box="[763,1002,1800,1824]" pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="219 - 248" refId="ref35882" refString="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A. (1976) Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 36, 219 - 248." type="journal article" year="1976">Gupta &amp; Miglani, 1976</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ventral view, redrawn from
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF83FFD07177F8EEC432F8CF" author="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A." pageId="38" pageNumber="483" pagination="219 - 248" refId="ref35882" refString="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A. (1976) Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 36, 219 - 248." type="journal article" year="1976">Gupta &amp; Miglani (1976</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 1). Abbreviations: AT, anterior testis; BS, body spines; Ce, cecum; CP, cirrus-pouch; Es, esophagus; GA, genital atrium; GP, genital pore; Me, metraterm; OS, oral sucker; Ov, ovary; PC, prostatic cells; Ph, pharynx; PP, pars prostatica; PT, posterior testis; SR, seminal receptacle; SV, seminal vesicle; Ut, uterus; VD, vitelline duct; V-D, vas-deferens; VF, vitelline follicle; VS, ventral sucker. Scale bars: Fig. 28 = 300 µm; Fig. 29 = 500 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFF71C4E2FECA" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD174BCFF71C4AEFF3A" author="Karar, Y. F. M. &amp; Blend, C. K. &amp; Dronen, N. P. &amp; Adel, A." box="[199,413,151,177]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="36 - 72" refId="ref36803" refString="Karar, Y. F. M., Blend, C. K., Dronen, N. P. &amp; Adel, A. (2021) Towards resolving the problematic status of the digenean genus Astiotrema Looss, 1900: An updated concept and revision of species composition for Astiotrema (sensu stricto). Zootaxa, 4991 (1), 36 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4991.1.2" type="journal article" year="2021">
Karar
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1756BFF71C470FF3A" box="[272,323,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">et al</emphasis>
. (2021)
</bibRefCitation>
transferred the Chinese forms,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1777CFF71C6A8FF3A" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="1981" box="[775,923,151,177]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fusiformis">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1777CFF71C628FF3A" box="[775,795,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17750FF71C6A8FF3A" box="[811,923,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">fusiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD177AEFF71C1B6FF3A" box="[981,1157,151,177]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pseudobagri">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD177AEFF71C6DAFF3A" box="[981,1001,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17782FF71C1B6FF3A" box="[1017,1157,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">pseudobagri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, into
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD170B2FF71C070FF3A" authorityName=", Yeh &amp; Fotedar" authorityYear="1958" box="[1225,1347,151,177]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD170B2FF71C070FF3A" box="[1225,1347,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1757DFF5DC751FF5E" authority="Dhar, 1977" authorityName="Dhar" authorityYear="1977" box="[262,610,187,213]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fotedari">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1757DFF5DC4D3FF5E" box="[262,480,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema fotedari</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD1759DFF5DC751FF5E" author="Dhar, R. L." box="[486,610,187,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="99 - 104" refId="ref34506" refString="Dhar, R. L. (1977) Astiotrema fotedari n. sp. (Trematoda: Plagiorchidae Luhe, 1901) from the intestine of Labeo dero (Hemilton). Journal of Science, University of Kashmir, 3, 99 - 104." type="journal article" year="1977">Dhar, 1977</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD176E3FF5DC617FF5E" authorityName="Looss" authorityYear="1900" baseAuthorityName="Looss" baseAuthorityYear="1898" box="[664,804,187,213]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="reniferum">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176E3FF5DC79AFF5E" box="[664,681,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176CCFF5DC617FF5E" box="[695,804,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">reniferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, respectively, based on their lack of some characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD174CDFF39C40FFF72" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[182,316,223,249]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174CDFF39C40FFF72" box="[182,316,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, especially vitelline fields that are not distributed in two separate clusters on each side of the body. Based on the present study,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD175A9FEE5C756FE96" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="1981" box="[466,613,259,285]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fusiformis">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175A9FEE5C4D5FE96" box="[466,486,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1758EFEE5C756FE96" box="[501,613,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">fusiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD176E6FEE5C678FE96" box="[669,843,259,285]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pseudobagri">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176E6FEE5C782FE96" box="[669,689,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176C4FEE5C678FE96" box="[703,843,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">pseudobagri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reassigned – this time into
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17087FEE5C05EFE96" authorityName="Dhar" authorityYear="1977" box="[1276,1389,259,285]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fotedari">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17087FEE5C036FE97" box="[1276,1285,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1716FFEE5C05EFE96" box="[1300,1389,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">fotedari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD174ECFEC1C471FECA" box="[151,322,295,321]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pseudobagri">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174ECFEC1C59BFECB" box="[151,168,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174CDFEC1C471FECA" box="[182,322,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">pseudobagri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFEADC192FD92" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
Thus,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17577FEADC4A1FEEE" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[268,402,331,357]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17577FEADC4A1FEEE" box="[268,402,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains represented only by the two Indian forms,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD177B0FEADC160FEEE" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[971,1107,331,357]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD177B0FEADC6ECFEEE" box="[971,991,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17797FEADC160FEEE" box="[1004,1107,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">batrachii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD170FCFEADC035FEEE" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Miglani" authorityYear="1976" box="[1159,1286,331,357]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lebedevi">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD170FCFEADC1A8FEEE" box="[1159,1179,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD170D2FEADC035FEEE" box="[1193,1286,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">lebedevi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; both species similar to each other in morphology except
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD176FAFE89C632FE02" authorityName="Gupta &amp; Miglani" authorityYear="1976" box="[641,769,367,393]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lebedevi">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176FAFE89C7A6FE02" box="[641,661,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176DFFE89C632FE02" box="[676,769,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">lebedevi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated form
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17048FE89C18FFE02" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[1075,1212,367,393]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="batrachii">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17048FE89C174FE02" box="[1075,1095,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1702EFE89C18FFE02" box="[1109,1212,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">batrachii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the latter having an oral sucker larger than the ventral one, the posterior extent of the cirrus-pouch exceeds the ventral sucker level, an equatorial to just post-equatorial ovary lying midway between the anterior testis and ventral sucker rather than closer to the anterior testis, a relatively short pars prostatica and a shorter space separating the ventral sucker from the intestinal bifurcation (see
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD1759FFE19C7D4FD92" author="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A." box="[484,743,511,537]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="219 - 248" refId="ref35882" refString="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A. (1976) Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 36, 219 - 248." type="journal article" year="1976">Gupta &amp; Miglani 1976</bibRefCitation>
, figs. 1 &amp; 2
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1770AFE19C6BBFD93" box="[881,904,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">vs</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD177F4FE19C126FD92" author="Gupta, S. P." box="[911,1045,510,537]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36009" refString="Gupta, S. P. (1953) Trematode parasites of fresh-water fishes. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 5, 1 - 80. ̕" type="journal article" year="1953">Gupta 1953</bibRefCitation>
, figs.7 &amp; 8).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFDC5C616FC9E" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
Our investigations on digeneans infecting airbreathing catfishes, genus
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17783FDC5C19EFDB6" authority="Scopoli" authorityName="Scopoli" box="[1016,1197,547,573]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Clariidae" genus="Clarias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17783FDC5C17FFDB6" box="[1016,1100,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Clarias</emphasis>
Scopoli
</taxonomicName>
, reveals that
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1713CFDC5C5E2FDEB" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1713CFDC5C5E2FDEB" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically close to three plagiorchioid fluke genera:
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD177F7FDA1C135FDEA" authorityName=", Yeh &amp; Fotedar" authorityYear="1958" box="[908,1030,583,609]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD177F7FDA1C135FDEA" box="[908,1030,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1706CFDA1C196FDEB" box="[1047,1189,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">sensu stricto</emphasis>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD170C6FDA1C07BFDEA" author="Khalil, L. F." box="[1213,1352,582,609]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="263 - 266" refId="ref36885" refString="Khalil, L. F. (1959) On a New Trematode, Astiotrema sudanensis, sp. nov., from a Freshwater Turtle in the Sudan. Journal of Helminthology, 33, 263 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0022149 x 00020149" type="journal article" year="1959">Khalil 1959</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD1712FFDA1C0A3FDEA" author="Khalil, L. F." box="[1364,1424,583,609]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="143 - 170" refId="ref36994" refString="Khalil, L. F. (1969) Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Sudan. Journal of Zoology, 158, 143 - 170. ̕ https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1969. tb 02132. x" type="journal article" year="1969">1969</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD174ECFD8DC424FD0E" authorityName="Looss" authorityYear="1899" box="[151,279,619,645]" class="Trematoda" family="Alloglossidiidae" genus="Glossidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174ECFD8DC424FD0E" box="[151,279,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Glossidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17518FD8DC4DDFD0E" author="Khalil, L. F." box="[355,494,619,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="341 - 344" refId="ref37045" refString="Khalil, L. F. (1972) Afromacroderoides lazerae gen. et sp. nov. (Allocreadiidae: Walliniinae), a new digenean from the African freshwater fish Clarias lazera. Journal of Helminthology, 46, 341 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0022149 x 00023348" type="journal article" year="1972">Khalil 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17586FD8DC79AFD0E" author="Fischthal, J. H." box="[509,681,619,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="166 - 167" refId="ref35149" refString="Fischthal, J. H. (1973) Three digenetic trematodes of Clarias mossambicus Peters (Clariidae) from Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 40, 166 - 167." type="journal article" year="1973">Fischthal 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD176C3FD8DC650FD0E" author="Mashego, S. N." box="[696,867,619,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" refId="ref37661" refString="Mashego, S. N. (1977) A Seasonal Investigation of the Ecto- and Endoparasites of the Barbel, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Lebowa, South Africa. University of the North, Sovenga, 89 pp." type="book" year="1977">Mashego 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17709FD8DC129FD0E" author="Moravec, F." box="[882,1050,619,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="52 - 67" refId="ref38030" refString="Moravec, F. (1977) Some digenetic trematodes from Egyptian freshwater fishes. ̕ Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 41, 52 - 67." type="journal article" year="1977">Moravec 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17052FD8DC056FD0E" author="Mashego, S. N. &amp; Saayman, J. E." box="[1065,1381,619,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="17 - 20" refId="ref37705" refString="Mashego, S. N. &amp; Saayman, J. E. (1989) Digenetic trematodes and cestodes of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell. 1822) in Lebowa, South Africa with taxonomic notes. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 19, 17 - 20." type="journal article" year="1989">Mashego &amp; Saayman 1989</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD1710FFD8DC4B6FD22" author="van Rensburg, C. J. &amp; Van As, J. G. &amp; King, P. H. &amp; Basson, L." pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="37" refId="ref40863" refString="van Rensburg, C. J., Van As, J. G., King, P. H. &amp; Basson, L. (2003) Digenetic trematodes collected from Clarias gariepinus and Synodontis nigromaculatus in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. In: Abstracts of the Sixth International Symposium of Fish Parasites. University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, pp. 37." type="book chapter" year="2003">
van Rensburg
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17571FD69C40FFD22" box="[266,316,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">et al</emphasis>
. 2003
</bibRefCitation>
) and
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175BFFD69C75FFD22" box="[452,620,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Alloglossidium</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17607FD69C644FD22" author="Abdel-Maksoud, N. M." box="[636,887,655,681]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="115 - 124" refId="ref31732" refString="Abdel-Maksoud, N. M. (1998) Revision of Alloglossidium Simer 1929 (Trematoda: Macroderoididae) and description of A. fatemi sp. n. from a freshwater catfish. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology, Invertebrate Zoology &amp; Parasitology, 25, 115 - 124." type="journal article" year="1998">Abdel-Maksoud 1998</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Focusing on the characteristics of
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17174FD69C0A6FD22" box="[1295,1429,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we found it shares with species of
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17667FD55C7A5FD46" authorityName=", Yeh &amp; Fotedar" authorityYear="1958" box="[540,662,691,717]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17667FD55C7A5FD46" box="[540,662,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176DCFD55C607FD47" box="[679,820,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">sensu stricto</emphasis>
) a combination of body plan morphology (particularly distome body plan), a unipartite vesicular seminal vesicle, host family they infect (
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17053FD31C1A1FD7A" box="[1064,1170,727,753]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Clariidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Clariidae</taxonomicName>
) and a common locality (
<collectingCountry id="9EE5C399FF82FFD174E4FD1DC5EFFC9E" box="[159,220,763,789]" name="India" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">India</collectingCountry>
) when compared to
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175BBFD1DC773FC9E" box="[448,576,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Glossidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1760DFD1DC62DFC9E" baseAuthorityName="Abdel-Maksoud" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[630,798,763,789]" class="Trematoda" family="Alloglossidiidae" genus="Alloglossidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1760DFD1DC62DFC9E" box="[630,798,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Alloglossidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AEE8D082FF82FFD174BCFCF9C7AFFB4E" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFCF9C78EFB9A" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD174BCFCF9C47EFCB2" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[199,333,799,825]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174BCFCF9C47EFCB2" box="[199,333,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1762DFCF9C7E5FCB2" authorityName="Looss" authorityYear="1899" box="[598,726,799,825]" class="Trematoda" family="Alloglossidiidae" genus="Glossidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1762DFCF9C7E5FCB2" box="[598,726,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Glossidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17698FCF9C6B8FCB2" baseAuthorityName="Abdel-Maksoud" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[739,907,799,825]" class="Trematoda" family="Alloglossidiidae" genus="Alloglossidium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17698FCF9C6B8FCB2" box="[739,907,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Alloglossidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD177C4FCF9C10AFCB2" authorityName=", Yeh &amp; Fotedar" authorityYear="1958" box="[959,1081,799,825]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD177C4FCF9C10AFCB2" box="[959,1081,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17033FCF9C1E0FCB3" box="[1096,1235,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">sensu stricto</emphasis>
) in addition to
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17101FCF9C4C9FCD7" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17101FCF9C415FCD6" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" class="Trematoda" family="Allocreadiidae" genus="Alloastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">Alloastiotrema</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17549FCA5C4C9FCD7" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" box="[306,506,835,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Trionychidae" genus="Homeoastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Homeoastiotrema</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17672FCA5C7F5FCD6" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" box="[521,710,835,861]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cichlidae" genus="Ichthyastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17672FCA5C7F5FCD6" box="[521,710,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Ichthyastiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD176AFFCA5C674FCD6" authorityName="Qiu, Zhang &amp; Li" authorityYear="1983" box="[724,839,835,861]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Longigula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176AFFCA5C674FCD6" box="[724,839,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Longigula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1772DFCA5C6D1FCD6" authorityName="Boeger &amp; Thatcher" authorityYear="1983" box="[854,994,835,861]" class="Trematoda" genus="Kalipharynx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1772DFCA5C6D1FCD6" box="[854,994,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Kalipharynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17061FCA5C1E4FCD6" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" box="[1050,1239,835,861]" class="Trematoda" family="Plagiorchiidae" genus="Plesioastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17061FCA5C1E4FCD6" box="[1050,1239,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Plesioastiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by possessing (i) vitellarium in two separated clusters in lateral fields (prebifurcal field and post-acetabular field) and an equatorial to just post-equatorial ovary; (ii) a large number of unicellular prostatic gland cells that occupy the entire space within the cirrus-pouch around the seminal vesicle, pars prostatica and ejaculatory duct; and (iii) the ejaculatory duct joins the terminal part of the uterus to form a well-developed globular genital atrium (i.e., “genital sinus”) (see
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD17123FC35C5E1FB9A" author="Gupta, S. P." pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36009" refString="Gupta, S. P. (1953) Trematode parasites of fresh-water fishes. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 5, 1 - 80. ̕" type="journal article" year="1953">Gupta 1953</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 7;
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD1755CFC11C719FB9A" author="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A." box="[295,554,1015,1041]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="219 - 248" refId="ref35882" refString="Gupta, N. K. &amp; Miglani, A. (1976) Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 36, 219 - 248." type="journal article" year="1976">Gupta &amp; Miglani 1976</bibRefCitation>
, figs. 1 &amp; 2).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFBFDC7AFFB4E" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
The other genera mentioned have (i) vitellarium in one continuous uninterrupted field and a pre-equatorial ovary, (ii) few numbers of prostatic gland cells that occupy a small space around the pars prostatica and anterior border of the seminal vesicle as well as (iii) a weakly-developed genital atrium. Accordingly, we continue to adopt
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD174ECFB61C42EFB2A" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[151,285,1159,1185]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD174ECFB61C42EFB2A" box="[151,285,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a distinct genus from
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17649FB61C79FFB2A" authorityName=", Yeh &amp; Fotedar" authorityYear="1958" box="[562,684,1159,1185]" class="Trematoda" family="Opisthorchiidae" genus="Astiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17649FB61C79FFB2A" box="[562,684,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Astiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD176C7FB61C67AFB2B" box="[700,841,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">sensu stricto</emphasis>
) and the derived, closely related genera
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17177FB61C491FB4E" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD17177FB61C5E9FB4F" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" class="Reptilia" family="Trionychidae" genus="Homeoastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Homeoastiotrema</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD1749EFB4DC491FB4E" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" box="[229,418,1195,1221]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cichlidae" genus="Ichthyastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Ichthyastiotrema</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD175A2FB4DC7A5FB4E" authorityName="Karar &amp; Blend &amp; Dronen &amp; Adel" authorityYear="2023" box="[473,662,1195,1221]" class="Trematoda" family="Plagiorchiidae" genus="Plesioastiotrema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175A2FB4DC7A5FB4E" box="[473,662,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Plesioastiotrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AEE8D082FF82FFD174BCFB29C49AF856" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCFB29C671F88E" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
Although workers have observed the morphological convergence of
<taxonomicName id="21F2F88AFF82FFD177A1FB29C153FB62" authorityName="Gupta" authorityYear="1953" box="[986,1120,1231,1257]" class="Trematoda" family="Macroderoididae" genus="Gauhatiana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD177A1FB29C153FB62" box="[986,1120,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
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, our findings suggest that
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175CEFB15C708FA86" box="[437,571,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represents a monorchioid taxon rather than a plagiorchioid one based on the combination of the following characteristics: parasite in intestine of a teleost; both suckers and pharynx present; mouth opens through an oral sucker; male and female ducts open separately into a well-developed genital atrium; prepharynx absent; testes two, post-ovarian; excretory vesicle Y-shaped with an excretory pore at the posterior extremity; cirrus-pouch present; vitellarium follicular, relatively small, with comparatively few follicles; spinose, unipartite body without a specialized holdfast organ; hermaphroditic sac absent; genital pore in forebody, anterior to ventral sucker; and an intestine with two ceca (
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Bray 2008
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, 2008c). Only the
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and the
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are morphologically close monorchioids to
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD1775AFA09C694F982" box="[801,935,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
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is restricted to monorchioid members that (i) parasitize freshwater fishes, (ii) possess a lateral or sublateral genital pore, (iii) have a tubular, I-shaped excretory vesicle, (iv) possess a genital atrium that is either weakly-developed or absent and (v) have a simple metraterm without a terminal organ (
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD176F9F9BDC63FF9FE" author="Bray, R. A." box="[642,780,1627,1653]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="1917" refId="ref33159" refString="Bray, R. A. (2008 d) Family Lissorchiidae Magath, 1917. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. &amp; Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, pp. 177 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9780851995885.0177" type="book chapter" year="2008">Bray 2008d</bibRefCitation>
). Members of the
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include monorchioids that (i) parasitize marine and occasionally freshwater teleosts, (ii) have a median genital pore in the forebody, (iii) possess an excretory vesicle variable in shape (i.e., saccular, tubular, V- and Y-shaped), (iv) possess a distinct genital atrium and (v) have a terminal organ either absent or present as a simple or bipartite structure (
<bibRefCitation id="8263FEF8FF82FFD170C3F921C051F96A" author="Madhavi, R." box="[1208,1378,1735,1761]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484" pagination="1911" refId="ref37489" refString="Madhavi, R. (2008) Family Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. &amp; Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, pp. 145 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9780851995885.0145" type="book chapter" year="2008">Madhavi 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Accordingly, we reassign
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD175E2F90DC72CF88E" box="[409,543,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E64D8309FF82FFD174BCF8E9C49AF856" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">
Concerning the representative subfamilies of the
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, characteristics of
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17022F8E9C1ECF8A2" box="[1113,1247,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibit a combination of features confined between that of the Monorchiinae
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and the Opisthomonorcheidinae
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(see
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).
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17587F8B1C7B1F8FA" box="[508,642,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from members of both subfamilies by the absence of a terminal organ and vitellarium distributed in two distinct clusters. Thus, we adopt
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17043F89DC18DF81E" box="[1080,1214,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as belonging to the
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, yet separate from all monorchiid subfamilies until future studies on
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<emphasis id="D4865F1BFF82FFD17048F879C18AF832" box="[1075,1209,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="484">Gauhatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can help indicate its true taxonomic position.
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