Ophthalmophagus bucephali, Dronen & Blend, 2007

Dronen, Norman O. & Blend, Charles K., 2015, Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007, Zootaxa 4053 (1), pp. 1-100 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4053.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D898449-E50A-4F70-B82B-BF2281A95F12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109190
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317187CD-FFA1-775C-BEB0-A50A98C58B35
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ophthalmophagus bucephali
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O. bucephali Dronen & Blend, 2007 View in CoL

Type host. Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus) ( Anseriformes : Anatidae ). Type locality. Galveston, Texas, USA.

Remarks. This species differs from the other species in the genus except Ophthalmophagus magalhaesi Travassos, 1921 and Ophthalmophagus plectopteri Dubois, 1930 because the ovary is contiguous or located in close proximity to the posterior testis rather than being some distance posterior to it. Ophthalmophagus bucephali also is unusual for members of this genus by having the cirrus sac extending posteriorly to or beyond the posterior margin of the intestinal bifurcation, a feature shared only with O. magalhaesi . No oral or ventral sucker present— Dronen & Blend (2007).