宿主 Hosts

ニホンイシガメ Mauremys japonica Temminck and Schlegel, 1835（Clemmys j. として）[1, 2]．

ミシシッピアカミミガメ Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) [3]．

寄生部位 Sites of infection

食道 esophagus [1, 2, 3]，口 mouth [2, 3]．

産地 Localities

西条 Saijō（広島県 Hiroshima Pref.）[2]，光が丘公園 Hikarigaoka Park；善福寺公園Zenpuku-ji Park（東京都 Tōkyō Met.）[3]．

環境 Environment

陸 land，淡水 freshwater．

異名 Synonymised name 

Polystomoides japonicum Ozaki, 1935 (Malformed suffix) ．

文献 References

[1] 尾崎佳正 (1931b). 邦産多口吸蟲ノ二三ニ就テ. 日本寄生虫学会記事 3: 23–24. (Ozaki, Y. (1931b). [On some polystome trematodes from Japan]. Nihon Kiseichu Gakkai Kiji 3: 23–24. [In Japanese])

[2] Ozaki, Y. (1935a). Studies on the frog-trematode Diplorchis ranae. I. Morphology of the adult form with a review of the family Polystomatidae. Journal of science of the Hiroshima University. Series B, Division 1. Zoology 3: 193–225, pls. 1–3.

[3] Oi, M., Araki, J., Matsumoto, J. and Nogami, S. (2012). Helminth fauna of a turtle species introduced in Japan, the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans). Research in Veterinary Science 93: 826–830.