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Redescription of Psilochasmus oxyurus (Creplin, 1825) Lühe, 1909 (Trematoda: Psilostomatidae), with proposal to synonymize three other species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. Premvati
G. Premvati
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
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Psilochasmus oxyurus, type species of the genus Psilochasmus Lühe, 1909, has been redescribed from whole mounts and transverse, horizontal and sagittal sections. Twenty-five worms from one common mallard, Anas platyrhynchos L. and 12 from one greater scaup, Nyroca marila L. are considered as conspecific with P. oxyurus, although they show some variations in body size and shape of the testes. Of the other eight known species of Psilochasmus, five have already been synonymized and the remaining three, namely, P. indicus Gupta, 1957, P. alii Jaiswal, 1957, and P. megacetabulus Jaiswal, 1957, are declared synonyms of P. oxyurus.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , August 1969 , pp. 493 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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