| redescription of testudotaenia testudo (magath, 1924) (eucestoda: proteocephalidea), a parasite of apalone spinifera (le sueur) (reptilia: trionychidae) and amia calva l. (pisces: amiidae) in north america and erection of the testudotaeniinae n. subfam. | testudotaenia testudo (magath, 1924) is redescribed from the intestine of the softshell turtle apalone spinifera (le sueur) (trionychidae) and the bowfin amia calva linnaeus (amiidae) from reelfoot lake, tennessee, united states. a new subfamily, the testudotaeniinae, is erected. the new taxon differs from all proteocephalidean subfamilies in the position of the genital organs in relation to the longitudinal internal musculature, i.e. the testes are cortical, rarely medullary; the ovary is partl ... | 2009 | 19337859 |