Telorchis

Telorchis
Telorchis clemmydis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Telorchiidae
Genus: Telorchis[1]
Type species
Telorchis clava
Synonyms

Cercorchis, Paracercorchis, Protenes, some Distomum

Telorchis is a genus of trematode parasites found in many herps, comprising around 70 species.[2] This parasite is an indirect parasite, with a snail intermediate host and a reptile or amphibian definitive host. Typically found in the gastrointestinal tract of their definitive host, Telorchids attach to the wall of the intestinal tract with their oral sucker.

Morphology

Description of Telorchis from Wharton 1940:[3] "Elongate, flat distomes with simple oral suckers. Oral and ventral suckers subequal. Pharynx present. Intestinal crura begin preacetabular and end near the posterior end of the body. Vitellaria lateral. Genital pore just anterior to the ventral sucker, usually somewhat to the left of the median line. Cirrus sac extends behind the acetabulum. Ovary posterior to or at the posterior level of cirrus sac. Uterus with descending and ascending coils, does not extend behind the testes. Metraterm anterior to ovary and usually about half as long as cirrus sac. Laurer's canal present. Testes in tandem at the posterior end."

Species

References

  1. Luehe (1899). "Zur kenntnis einiger Distomen". Zoologischer Anzeiger 22 (604): 524–539.
  2. Part 8 Trematoda and Trematode Diseases. 1968.
  3. Wharton (1940). "The genera Telorchis, Protenes, and Auridistomum (Trematoda: Reniferidae)". The Journal of Parasitology 26 (6): 497–518. JSTOR 3272252.
  4. Mañé-Garzón & Holcman-Spector (1968). "Trematodos de las tortugas del Uruguay, VIII. Una nueva especie del género Telorchis (Lühe, 1900) del intestino de Pseudemys dorbigni (Dum. and Bib.)". Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 9 (121): 1–4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Stunkard, Horace (1915). "Notes on the Trematode Genus Telorchis with Descriptions of New Species". The Journal of Parasitology. JSTOR 3271020.
  6. MacCallum (1921). "Studies in helminthology. Pt. 1. Trematodes. Pt. 2. Cestodes. Pt. 3. Nematodes". Zoopathologica 1: 141–284.
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  8. Dujardin, Felix (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris: Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret.
  9. 1 2 3 Goldberger (1911). "On some new parasitic trematode worms of the genus Telorchis". Hygiene Lab Bulletin 71: 36–47.
  10. Byrd (1937). "The trematode parasites from a red-bellied watersnake, Farancia abacura". Parasitology 29: 359–364.
  11. 1 2 Harwood (1932). "The helminths parasitic in the Amphibia and Reptilia of Houston, Texas, and vicinity". Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 81 (17): 1–71.
  12. 1 2 Braun (1899). "Weitere Mitteilungen uber endoparasitische Trematoden der Chelonien". Centralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde 25: 714.
  13. Mañé-Garzón & Gil (1961). "Trematodos de las tortugas del Uruguay III. Una nueva especie del género Telorchis Lühe, 1900 (Trematoda Telorchidae)". Neotrópica 7 (23): 38–43.
  14. Caballero & Zerecero (1960). "Tremátodos de las tortugas de México IX. Telorchis bravoae n. sp.". Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
  15. Herrera-Rosales (1951). "Tremátodos de los quelonios de México". Doctoral dissertation, BS Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  16. 1 2 3 4 MacCallum (1919). "Notes on the genus Telorchis and other trematodes". Zoopathologica 1: 88–89.
  17. Diesing (1850). Systema Helminthum, Vol. 1. Vienna.
  18. 1 2 Yamaguti (1933). "Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan, Part 1. Trematodes of birds, reptiles and mammals". Jap. J. Zool. 5: 72–74.
  19. Tubangui (1933). "Trematode parasites of Philippine vertebrates. vi. descriptions of new species and classification". Philipp. J. Sci 52 (2): 157–97.
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