| a new species of blood fluke (digenea: spirorchiidae) from the malayan box turtle, cuora amboinensis (cryptodira: geomydidae) in thailand. | spirhapalum siamensis n. sp. obtained from the heart of the malayan box turtle, cuora amboinensis, from western thailand is described. this blood fluke differs from the 2 previously known species of spirhapalum in its larger overall body size, constricted mid-body, greater number of pre-ovarian testes, ceca that loop anteriorly from the cecal bifurcation before turning to the posterior, and the relatively smaller size of its ventral sucker. a phylogenetic analysis using molecular characters plac ... | 2009 | 19093710 |