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Two Dicrocoeliid Trematodes from Ghana: Concinnum ghanensis n.sp. and Dicrocoelium hospes Looss, 1907

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Jacob H. Fischthal  and
J. D. Thomas
Jacob H. Fischthal
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A. and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, England.
J. D. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A. and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, England.
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Abstract

Two dicrocoeliid trematodes are reported from Ghana. Concinnum ghanensis n.sp. is from the gall bladder and bile duct of the Senegal kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis (L.), differing from the 14 species recognized in the genus in body shape, the caeca terminating at the vitellarian level or just previtellarian, and the vitellaria being in the form of a band of follicles extending across the body. Dicrocoelium hospes Looss, 1907, is from the bile duct of the Sudan sheep.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , December 1971 , pp. 337 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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