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Received September 01, 1996; Accepted February 01, 1996.
Abstract
Macroorchis spinulosus Ando, 1918 (Digenea: Nanophyetidae) is redescribed based on adult flukes recovered from experimental mice, rats and cats which were fed with metacercariae encysted in the muscle of the crayfish. Cambaroides similis. A total of 117 adult flukes were harvested from the small intestine of the experimental animals at 5-21 days post-infection. The worm recovery rate was 31-37%, not significantly different among the three kinds of animals. The metacercariae were round, 0.18 mm in average diameter, encysted with two layers of thick walls, and possessing a stylet on the oral sucker and Y-shaped excretory bladder. The adult flukes were oval, 0.66-0.71 mm long and 0.36-0.41 mm wide, and characterized by the presence of a stylet on the oral sucker, variable location of the ovary near the mid- portion of the body, bilobed seminal vesicle, and anterolateral location of two testes. These morphological features were a little different from the original description, hence, an emended version of M. spinulosus was given. M. spinulosus is a new intestinal trematode of animals and possibly man in Korea.
Figures
Fig. 1 Macroorchis spinulosus, drawing of an adult fluke recovered from an experimental rat 5 days after infection. St, stylet; OS, oral sucker, VS, ventral sucker; GP, genital pore; T, testis; Ov, ovary; SV, seminal vesicle; Vt, vitellaria.
Figs. 2-4 Fig. 2. The fresh specimen of M. spinulosus drawn in Fig. 1, ventral view. Note the bilobed seminal vesicle in the mid-portion of the body. Fig. 3. The oral sucker showing a stylet (arrow) on its upper lip. Fig. 4. Uterine eggs, immature, in a full-grown adult fluke.
Fig. 5 A mid-sagittal section of an adult M. spinulosus, showing the characteristically bilobed seminal vesicle (arrows).
Fig. 6 A metacercariae of M. spinulosus, isolated from a crayfish, C. similis. Note a prominent stylet on the oral sucker and two thick cyst walls (arrows).
Tables
Table 1 Results of worm recoverya) from three kinds of animals infected with metacercariae of M. spinulosus isolated from the crayfish
Table 2 Presence of a style on the oral sucker and variable position of the ovary in the present specimens, M. spinulosus
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