TY - JOUR T1 - Discovery of Maritrema jebuensis n. sp. (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the Asian Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, in Korea. AU - Chung,Ok-Sik, AU - Lee,Hye-Jung, AU - Sohn,Woon-Mok, AU - Lee,Seung-Ha, AU - Park,Il-Yong, AU - Oh,Sang-Ah, AU - Chai,Jong-Yil, AU - Seo,Min, Y1 - 2010/12/16/ PY - 2010/07/26/received PY - 2010/11/01/revised PY - 2010/11/18/accepted PY - 2011/1/15/entrez PY - 2011/1/15/pubmed PY - 2011/4/16/medline KW - Asian shore crab KW - Jebu-do KW - Maritrema jebuensis KW - intestinal fluke SP - 335 EP - 8 JF - The Korean journal of parasitology JO - Korean J Parasitol VL - 48 IS - 4 N2 - Maritrema spp. (Digenea: Microphallidae) are parasites of birds, but have not been found in the Republic of Korea. In this study, metacercariae of Maritrema sp. were discovered in the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, caught in the mud-flats of Jebu-do, Hwasung-gun, Gyeonggi-do, and the adult flukes were confirmed by experimental infection into mice. Based on the symmetric ribbon-like vitellarium, adult flukes of Maritrema sp. were identified, but did not belong to previously described species in terms of the following morphologic characteristics: ceca reaching to the lateral wall at the anterior border of the ovary; ventral sucker larger than oral sucker; a prominent metraterm; and vitellarium forming a complete ring. Hence, we named this microphallid M. jebuensis n. sp. after the island where the second intermediate hosts were collected. From this study, it has been shown that Maritrema sp. is distributed in Korea and transmitted by the Asian shore crab, H. sanguineus. SN - 1738-0006 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/21234238/Discovery_of_Maritrema_jebuensis_n__sp___Digenea:_Microphallidae__from_the_Asian_Shore_Crab_Hemigrapsus_sanguineus_in_Korea_ L2 - http://www.parasitol.or.kr/kjp/DOIx.php?id=10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.335 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -