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Cryptocotyle lata (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) Adult from a Korean Raccoon Dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis

  • Lee, Heon Woo (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Hong, Eui Ju (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon Cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Ryu, Si Yun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Park, Bae Keun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2021.09.22
  • Accepted : 2021.11.22
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Total 513 heterophyid flukes were collected from a carcass of wild Korean raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis, in Korea. With morphological and molecular characteristics, the flukes were identified to Cryptocotyle lata. The adult C. lata were minute, transparent, pentagonal, 522 ㎛ long by 425 ㎛ wide. Ceca extended into post-testicular region. Ventrogenital sac elliptical, 79 ㎛ by 87 ㎛ with genital pore and ventral sucker. Two testes semielliptical and slightly lobed, located in the posterior region, right testis 173 ㎛ by 155 ㎛, left testis 130 ㎛ by 134 ㎛. In a phylogenetic tree, the fluke specimen of this study was grouped with C. lata divergent from Cryptocotyle lingua. We report here N. procyonoides koreensis first as a natural definitive host of C. lata.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (Grant No. 2017RIDIAIB06031728).

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