Revision for “HAPLORCHIINAE” created on June 18, 2014 @ 13:06:01
| Title | HAPLORCHIINAE |
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>HAPLORCHIINAE</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This subfamily of Heterophyids is characterized by the possession of a single testis, although one of the genera in this family, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stellantchasmus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, actually has two testes. There are three genera within this subfamily, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Haplorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procerovum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stellantchasmus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procerovum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> specimens differ from those of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Haplorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> is that they possess a highly muscular ejaculatory duct called an "expulsor." </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Stellantchasmus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> specimens differ from those of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Haplorchis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procerovum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> in that they possess two testes while possessing an expulsor as in </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procerovum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p> |
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