Revision for “Echinochasmus liliputanus” created on June 18, 2014 @ 12:49:58
| Title | Echinochasmus liliputanus |
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Echinochasmus liliputanus</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> (Looss, 1896) Odhner, 1911</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This small trematode (hence the name "liliputanus") was originally described from a hawk (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Pernis apivorus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">) and from a kite (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Milvus migrans</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">). It was redescribed from 4 of 27 cats in Palestine where it was also found in a heron (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ardea cicerea</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">) (Witenberg G. 1932. Über zwei in Palästina in Hunden und Katzen parasitierende </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Echinochasmus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Arten (Trematoda). Z Parasitenk 5: 213-216.). Most recently, it was found in 11 of 48 Egyptian cats (Kuntz RE, Chandler AC. 1956. Studies on Egyptian trematodes with special reference to the Heterophyids of mammals. I. Adult flukes, with descriptions of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Phagicola</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>longicollis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> n. sp., </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Cynodiplostomum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>namrui</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> n.sp., and a </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stephanoprora</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> from cats. J Parasitol. 42:445-459.).</span></span></p> |
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