Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Urogonimus macrostomus (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) from the rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica, in Japan.
- Journal:
- Parasitology international
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Iwaki, Takashi et al.
- Affiliation:
- Meguro Parasitological Museum · Japan
Abstract
Some trematodes were found in the cloaca of a rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) captured in Tsushima Islands, Japan. From their morphological characters and distribution, the flukes were identified as Urogonimus macrostomus. The phylogenetic relationship between this fluke and related species was inferred from the 28S rRNA gene sequences, and the gene sequence of the fluke was found to differ at only 4 nucleotide positions from that of U. macrostomus reported from Ukraine. This is the first report of this species in Japan.
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