Abstract
Boreascotia megavesicula n. g., n. sp. is described from the intestine of the fish Lepidonotothen macrophthalma from the North Scotia Ridge, Sub-Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean. The new genus has an ecsoma, placing it in the family Hemiuridae, and a distinct prostatic vesicle, placing it in the subfamily Lecithochiriinae, but is distinct from the other members of the subfamily in having an elongate, tubular seminal vesicle, which reaches well into the hindbody and overlaps the anterior testis.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antarctic Regions
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Atlantic Ocean
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Fish Diseases / parasitology*
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Fishes
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Trematoda / anatomy & histology
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Trematoda / classification*
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Trematode Infections / parasitology
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Trematode Infections / veterinary*
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GENBANK/AJ238826
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GENBANK/AJ238827
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GENBANK/AJ238828
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GENBANK/AJ238829
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GENBANK/AJ238830
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GENBANK/AJ238831
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GENBANK/AJ238832
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GENBANK/AJ238833
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GENBANK/AJ238834
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GENBANK/AJ238835
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GENBANK/AJ238836
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GENBANK/AJ238837
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GENBANK/AJ238838
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GENBANK/AJ238839
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GENBANK/AJ238840
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GENBANK/AJ238841
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GENBANK/AJ238842
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GENBANK/AJ238843