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Orientodiscus fernandoi n.sp. and O. hendricksoni n.sp. (Trematoda, Paramphistomata) from the Intestine of Trionyx spp. in Malaya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Klaus Rohde
Klaus Rohde
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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Dr. C. H. Fernando, University of Singapore, sent me 3 trematodes, preserved in formalin, from the intestine of the carnivorous turtle Trionyx sp., which was bought in the market in Singapore having probably been caught in Johore, South Malaya. Two of the trematodes belong to a new species of Orientodiscus (Paramphistomata).

The worms were stained with Grenadier's Carminalum and all drawings were made with Leitz' drawing prism. Serial cross-sections were later made from one specimen, and excretory and lymphatic systems were reconstructed from these. In order to get living specimens, 4 specimens of Trionyx phayrii and 3 specimens of Dogania subplana were bought in the market in Kuala Lumpur. One Trionyx harboured 2 and another 27 specimens of large amphistomatous trematodes, which were found to belong to another new species of the same genus. They were first studied alive, then pressed, fixed in Bouin's fixing fluid and stained with Grenadier's Carminalum. Serial cross-sections were made of 3 specimens.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , December 1963 , pp. 349 - 358
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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