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Ithyoclinostomum yamagutii n. sp. (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in the great blue heron Ardea herodias L. (Aves: Ardeidae) from Mississippi, USA

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With only six recognised genera, the family Clinostomidae Lühe, 1901 remains a global research interest of parasitologists and ecologists. Recent efforts have focused on providing molecular data to investigate species diversity, elucidate life-cycles, and make inferences on the group’s evolutionary history. Of the clinostomid genera, the monotypic Ithyoclinostomum Witenberg, 1926 has remained more enigmatic compared to the commonly encountered Clinostomum Leidy, 1856. Recent morphological and molecular evidence from metacercariae suggests a second Ithyoclinostomum species may exist in freshwater cichlids in Central America and Mexico. In a recent survey of great blue herons Ardea herodias L. from commercial catfish production farms in Mississippi, USA, two specimens of an abnormally large (> 20 mm) clinostomid were encountered in the oesophagus of a single bird. These specimens were identified as an Ithyoclinostomum sp. morphologically distinct from the only nominal species Ithyoclinostomum dimorphum (Diesing, 1850). Using morphological and molecular data these adult specimens were confirmed as conspecific with the larval metacercariae previously described from Central America and Mexico and represent the novel species, Ithyoclinostomum yamagutii n. sp.

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We would like to thank Stephen Clements, Katie Hanson-Dorr, Lanna Durst, and Raleigh Middleton for their assistance in collecting herons for this study.

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  1. Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Thomas G. Rosser & Meisha N. Mychajlonka

  2. Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Ethan T. Woodyard & Matt J. Griffin

  3. Mississippi Field Station, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    D. Tommy King

  4. Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Aquatic Research & Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA

    Matt J. Griffin

  5. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

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Rosser, T.G., Woodyard, E.T., Mychajlonka, M.N. et al. Ithyoclinostomum yamagutii n. sp. (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in the great blue heron Ardea herodias L. (Aves: Ardeidae) from Mississippi, USA. Syst Parasitol 97, 69–82 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09892-6

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