COMPARATIVE TABLE OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS TELORCHIS 



(Molin) 



Length. 3S00 n""- Width, 



Body flat; long elliptical shape. 



OnlMck"" 



Anterior, subterminal; opening 0.125 1 

 variable; slightly larger than 

 acetabulum. 



VaiinlsMl"'- 



Slightly smaller than oral sucker. 

 In anterior third of body. 



j^geal pouch or prephar- 



[DtBiine..- 



Uum'i cftoaJ . 

 Siell|laod.. .. 



T. angustUM (Stafford) 



Length, 31SO mm. Width, 0.45s 



Esophageal bulb" = Pharynx(?) 



.875 n: 

 0.09s 1 



Following the "esophageal bulb" 0.225 > 

 and is a "thin, short, pharyn 

 — the esophagus probably. 



Caeca first diverge, thenb ecoming T 

 larger extend to posterior end. 



T. hi/ut 



F (Em.) 



Length. 10.0-13.0 mm. Width, 

 middle, i.4-i.6mm.; at acetab.. 

 0.8-1.3 mm.; at pharynx, 0.5 

 mm.; between testes, 0.5-0.86 



Long, flat, spindle-form; slightly 

 bent to one side or C-shaped. 



Nearly spherical; 0.20-0.25 wide; 

 0.18-0.24 long. At each side ofi 

 anterior end is conical shaped 

 appendage whose substance 

 seems to be in continuation with 

 the oral sucker. 



Nearly spherical; 2-3 mm. behind 

 oral sucker. 0.21-0.25 r 

 across. 0.22-0.27 mm. long 



Prepharynx, 0.42-0.47 mm. 



Nearly spherical, close anterior 

 {dichi vor) to division of in 

 testine. 



T. c/ava (Lube). Type of s 



Length. 6.00 mm. Width, 

 mm. (at widest point). 



Widest near 

 but h ways. 



acetabulum, tapers 



At junction of first and second 

 fourths; shghtly smaller than 

 oral sucker. 



Caeca rather wide — reach clear to 

 posterior end. pass the posterior| 

 testis by one or two lengths of a 

 testis. I 



1 transverse direction, 

 in sagittal direction, 



Length, 5-0-7.0 1 

 mm. (near ant 

 (near post, end 



Borders converge 1 

 Spindle-shaped. 



0.16-0. 1 8 

 Braun). 



Approximately round, 

 mm. from anterior end. 

 mm.-o.i6 mm. transverse 

 diam.; 0.18 mm., long, diam, 



Width, i.o Length. 3.03-4.13 mm. Width 

 nd); 0.5 mm. 0.385 mm., widest part. Length 

 width : : 10 : I. 



Like a nematode. 



Widest near anterior end; lateral Ribbon-shaped (band-fiirmig). Long, flat; anterior and posterior' Long, flattened, maximum width 

 backward Has a neck-part anteriorly; ends rounded, and lateral bor-j in middle of body. Posterio 



eter. 



Short. ( 



transverse diameter ; 

 .-o.ii mm., long, diam- 



Slightly oval, long axis in long axis 

 of worm. Always larger than 

 acetabulum, but relative size 

 inconstant. Size. 0.1348 mm. 



None 



Spherical. Diameter.o.o68 : 



1, parvus (Braun) 



r./oiW^nCStoss.) 



Length, 3.00 mm. Width.0.34 mm. Length, 

 (widest part). j 



7*. solivagtu (Odhner) 



T, Uptus (Barker and Covey) 



Length. 7.5 mm. Width. 0.8-0.9 Length a.013 mm. Width 275 

 idest part. mm. (at widest part). 



margins 



from this point. 



Circular; 0.059 mm., both diam? 



. at side of part of cirrus pouch'Behind ventral sucker, a little an- Reniform; 0.36-0.-1 

 corresponding to sem. vesicle.' terior to the middle of the body. 

 Spherical; diam. = two-thirds| 



Volkmcrvoir. 

 Ulmis 



Descending (left) and ascending 

 (right) limbs; passes along right 

 side of cirrus pouch to genital 

 pore. 



Two caeca begin at pharynx and Two caeca begin at posterior end of Caeca run clear back to posterior 

 extend posterior between middle' esophagus, extend to posterior end. Slightly hidden by testes 

 and lateral thirds to extreme end of body. Relatively near and vitellaria. 

 posterior end of the body. mid-line, outside uterus and 



testes and inside yolk glands. 



Immediately posterior to posterior At posterior end of cirrus pouch. Spherical;diaraeter,o.ii-o, 

 end of cirrus pouch, in middlel approx. in mid-line, nearly! lies over base of cirrus pouch 

 just a little posterior to ven- spherical. 2.0-2.4 mm. from j approximately the middle of the 



Present; behind ovary.. 



Just posterior to ovary 



Passes left of acetabulum, opens ati 

 genital pore with penis, fillsj 

 space between ovary and an-, 

 terior testis (according to Staf- 

 ford's drawing the uterus is not 

 in definite lateral fields). 



tral sucker, 

 tudinal direction. 0,350 11 

 transverse direction, 0.350 r 

 sagittal direction. 



Ventral and poste: 



Right and dorsal to shell gland.. 



anterior end. 



In descending and ascending limbs. jFills whole space between ventral;Between the 



which do not cross. Fills space sucker and posterior testis. 



between ovary and anterior' Greatest between ovary and 



testis. I anterior testis. In two lateral 



fields. Terminal part passes 



left and ventral to cirrus pouch. 



and, Not 

 ovary and anterior 

 Right limb (descending) 



Absent . 

 Oval in 



j-section. 0.036 r 



(Braun). Flat. Rounded pos- ders straight; not quite parallel 

 terior end. White color (Stoss) 



Almost spherical; 

 diameter. 



to field containing uterus, body 

 sharply reduced. At anterior 

 end narrowing less marker!. An 

 terior end rounded. 

 Sub-terminal: length. 0.19 mm. 

 width. 0.34 mm. 



Elongated, narrow, widest just 

 anterior to acetabulum. Tapers 

 both ways, most rapidly poste- 

 rioriy. Anterior end rounded. 

 Posterior end more or less point- 

 ed. 



Sub-terminal, circular. 0. 106 mm- 

 both diameters. 



Very small. 0.08 mm. in diameter. 

 Situated anteriorly. 



i.o.Round. 1. 5 r 

 Diameter, 

 than oral sucker. 



from anterior end. 0.640 mm. from anterior end. 0.106 

 Larger mm. transverse diameter. 0.088 

 longest diameter. 



distinct ascending and Descending and ascending limbs 

 descending fields, but coils sup-] do not cross each other, 

 perimposed and confused ; fills' 



Short esophagus. . 



Ellipsoidal — 0.13 mm. wide; situ- Spherical; diameter. 

 ated just before division place! 

 of the intest. 



Absent(?) Present. Length 0.35 



Run very close to edges of body 

 end posterior to testes. 



Spherical or elliptical, just behind Under 

 posterior end of cirrus pouch. 



Run near borders of body, internal 

 to yolk glands, to extreme pas- 

 terior end, where they end in 

 same plane. 



Present, muscular = prepharynx. 



.059 mm. transverse diameter. 

 0.0S9 mm. longest diameter. 

 o.o6s(P) sagittal diam. 



n mid-line. 0.150 mm. posterior 

 to ventral sucker, nearly spher- 

 ical, 0.088 mm. In diameter. At 

 junction of first and second 

 thirds of body. 



ne behind the other, almost con-'In median line at posterior 

 tiguous. in penultimate fifth of one behind the other, 

 body; perfectly spherical; di- 

 ameter half that of body. 



nd.'Oval or elliptical, in usual position. 



i Anterior one: length. 0.50-0.76 



mm. Width. 0.40-0.70 mm.| 



I Posterior one: Length, 0.60- 



I 0.86 mm. Width, 0.30-0.60 



Thin duct from superior vertex of Right frt 

 testes, reaches to seminal vesicle I 

 which fills posterior one-third ofl 

 cirrus pouch. 



|Cylindrical. about 4 times as great Penis 0.500 mm. long. Opens] Cylindrical; posterior end reaches 



In diameter as spine-covered dorsally just posterior to lim-; the ovary; anterior end growj 



penis. Base at left side cf ova-i drawn transversely through 



I ry. It curves about acetabulum' forking of intestines. Contains 



to reach the genital pore. Pouch] vesicula seminalis. 



about two-thirds as long 



penis. Sigmoidal in form. 



uuch smaller than posterior 



Genital pore . 



Vitelline glands 



t anterior t 



icctabulum. . 



To left side, opens dorsally. . 



Just anterior to ventral sucke 



from genital porejLiebetwecn the intestineand body In the lateral 



; begin posteri 



Very large, i mm. long, 0.48 mm. 

 in cross-section. Greater pari 

 posterior to ventral >ucker 

 Posterior part full of vesiculs 

 seminalis and prostate glands. 



Equal, spherical or sUghtly elon- 

 gated. 0.27 mm.-0.36 mm. in 

 diameter. (According to Braun 

 anterior larger; both are elon- 

 gated.) 



whole space betwe 

 between ovary and anterior) 

 testis. Terminal section S-form, 

 reaches genital atrium. 



Far posterior; one directly behind Spherical at 

 other; spherical. Diameter, 



Elongated, club-shaped, 

 or more long. Pouch 



ostly 

 acetabulum. Vesi- 

 lis lies in posterior 



Anterior to ventral sucker, re- Immediately anterior to ventral 

 moved to left to line between! sucker (according to Linstow 

 middle and left lateral thirds of two pores are present side by 



Very long, running forward to 

 unite to form vesicula seminalis 

 in cirrus pouch. 



fncommonly long, coiled. LengthiOreatly elongated, 

 (without coils). 0.693 nmi. Basej contains small vc 

 beneath ovary, reaches forward Extends back 



Between ovary and anterior testis; 

 right descending ami left as- 

 cending fields. But there is 

 more or less crossing makitig the, 

 fields indefinite. I 



Present, opening to left of ovary, 

 between it and the medial bound- 

 ary of the caecum of intestine. 

 Present, diffuse without definite 

 limiting membrane; posterior 

 and ventral to the ovary, re- 

 ceptaculuni, and yolk reservoir. 

 Present, posterior ventral, and a 

 little to left of ovary, and dorsal 

 to a part of the shell gland. 



? jPrescnt. just posterior to ovary 



and dorsal to shell gland. 

 Indescendlngand ascendingllmbs.jFills space between 1 

 which cross each other, not re-, 

 maining in their own lateral] 

 fields. The separation of the 

 limbs of uterus is, hence, not so 

 sharp as in some others. An- 

 terior to acetabulum, always lies 

 on left aide nrid passes over to 



icJi 1I« 



■s, and between ovary and 

 anterior testis. Right descend- 

 ing, left a.scending limbs. Ter- 

 minal portion passes left of 

 ovary and acetabulum, then 

 follows cirrus pouch to base of 

 genital papilla. 



val, 0.18-0.31 mm. long.. < 

 0.20 mm. wide. Behind each 

 other in posterior end but sepa- 

 rated by greater distance than 

 usual length of testis. 



vagina. 

 Equal, Irregularly round; lie flat- One behind the other, in median 

 tened allghtly against each other line, at extreme posterior end. 

 in extreme posterior end of Both approximately spherical, 

 body; separated from point by but tend to be slightly elongated 



length of one tesUi 



0.50 mm., width 0.43 



Cannot be seen 



Length.! transversely. o.it8 mm. in 



diameter (mode). 



Right one from anterior testis left 



posterior; run along inner 



r border of intestinal caeca. 



oleftof acetab- 



slightly beneath ovary. 



Surround mid- 

 dle of region of body like a belt.! 

 back to anterior testis. Formed 

 by irregular little vesicles. 



.Covered with spines which disap- 

 pear posteriorly. 

 .lSma)l; of orange-yellow color 



wall, from the genital pore. 

 near the anterior testis or n 

 quite so far forward. 



Excretory system. 



Branches at posterior testis. 



o ovary, reach almost 

 terior testis; grouping in grape 

 like clusters may be indistinctly 



Dorso-lateral throughout fi 

 length of body. Overlie the I: 

 testine and folds of the ulerii 



1.16 



. long, 



cylindrical,' Elongated, cylindrical, contain: 

 seminalis.! small vesicula seminalis; eX' 

 tends back to touch or lie alight 

 ly beneath ovary. 



ilSomewhat anterior to acetabulu 

 id slightly to left (Braun). 



Klongatcd, yet shorter than in the 



other species, and puHterioi 

 ' is distended; reaches far pos- 

 I terior to acetabulum. The base 

 lying near ovary. 



Numerous, thick-shelled. 

 mm.X0.014 mm. 



Very numerous. 



Spines present. 

 ,014 x0.023 mm. 



gland is thus she 



Begin half way between ovary 

 and acetabulum, and reach al- 

 most to anterior border of an- 

 terior testis. Made of rather 

 confused grape-like clusters. 



Middle third of lateral areas 

 Begins anterior to ovary and 

 ends rather far anterior to testes., 



Extremely IonB;from anterior edgelBuse to right of. 



of acetabulum it reaches hack 

 through one-third length of body 

 ■■2.4 mm. Colled like a spring 

 and of equal diameter (o.i nim,)| 

 throughout, excepting a slightl 

 distension for flperm-bladder at 

 posterior extremity. j 



Just anterior to acetabulum 'Very n 



' body 



acetabulum— never posterior to 

 it. Aprox. 0.413 mm. long; 

 crosses to left and antcrioriy, 

 ventral to left caecum and opens 

 on genital papilla. 



Spines present on cuticula iThin; armed with spines back to , 



] ovary. Thickness. 0.00396. 

 long. Numberless; when new. goldenjo.0238 1 

 ellow; when ripe, dark brown. 

 ,0334 mm. X0.0194 mm. 



iPodarcii muro/ij and Lacerta vir-'Chrysemys picta. 



dis, green lizard. turtle. 



. Molin (1859: 831-33) Stafford (1900; 407). (1905: 690) 



Bladder at posterior end passe3| 

 dorsal to testes, stretched for-| 

 ward and forks into twoj 

 branches. 



Bladder posterior to testis.. 



Middle third of lateral areas. 

 Begin anterior to ovary and en<l 

 anterior to testes (Braun). In 

 grape-like dusters, only slightly 

 developed (Stoss.). 



Duct of ampulla-likc bladder Duct passes dorsal 

 passes between the testes in^ (Braun). 

 S-shape. eo when distended it 

 causes testes Co lie obUquely. 



Beg in posti 

 almost to anterior testis. Ari 

 of equal length, or right i: 

 shorter. Follicles hide caeca o 

 intestines. 



ovary, reach'In lateral areas.out«Idecacca.begin; 

 one-third of distance from ace-j 

 tabulum to ovary behind the] 

 acetabulum, and end, the right aj 

 little anterior, the left a little 

 posterior to a plane one half way 

 from ovary to posterior end. 

 Made up of follicles which are 

 grouped very Indefinitely In 

 clusters. 

 Spines present 



, (Small.). 



Testudo aatca. tortoise Tropidonotus natrix. snake, 



TurUe- museum specimens, there- £«««r« scytaU. snake , ' «'«^ sr 



^^orehost^not definite. 1 ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ jg^^„ («90»= M)- jMAhUng (1898: ,8). (i898=93-94Yraun ( 



Emys lutaric or Cistudo lulariii. box TurUc. 



;ar left lateral border of 

 at level with posterior end 

 lophagus. Vas deferens 

 opens on genital papilla, at base 

 of which is opening of vagina; 



wo lateral fields outside caeca of 

 intestine — reach from ovary to 

 near anterior testis. Left is 

 longer than right; acini not 

 definite. 



Uncommonly numerous. 

 mm.XooiS tntn. Thin-shelled 

 with lid. Wben newly made 

 they are cokirlcss. become 

 goldcn-browD. and finally, a1 

 full dcvcIopnie''t' dark-brown. 



Only ampulla-like bladder running 

 dorsal 



) testes. Is to t>e « 



River turtle, CUmmys cospia 



Minute spines present. 

 0.023X0.051 mm. IM present. 



a.Wo;^^.boxtu„,. '^^^^^ lodhnerd^.-.) |Prcsent paper. 



Bladder, central, between caeca, 

 extends from testes to ovary. 

 Anteriorly It branches into two 

 parts, one of which goes each 

 side of ovary and ends blindly, 

 making Y-shaped. Posteriorly 

 it connects with a bladder pos- 

 terior to testes, by a duct 

 running dorsal to the testes. 



Chryscmys morgmo'" (Agassij) 

 painted turtle. 



