Selfcoelum, Dronen, Norman O., Gardner, Scott L. & Jiménez, F. Agustín, 2006

Dronen, Norman O., Gardner, Scott L. & Jiménez, F. Agustín, 2006, Selfcoelum limnodromi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae: Cyclocoelinae) from the long­billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) from Oklahoma, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1131, pp. 49-58 : 52

Selfcoelum n. gen.

Type­species: Selfcoelum limnodromi n. gen., n. sp.

Diagnosis: Cyclocoelidae, Cyclocoelinae. Body large, flat, tapered anteriorly. Oral sucker and acetabulum absent. Mouth subterminal, prepharynx short, pharynx well developed, esophagus longer than prepharynx. Ceca long, united near posterior extremity forming cyclocoel. Testes rounded, entire, slightly diagonal, situated dextral to midline in posterior 1/5 of body. Ovary spherical, intertesticular to nearly opposite posterior testis forming triangle with testes. Genital pore postpharyngeal opening immediately to posterior margin of pharynx. Vitelline follicles small, delicate, distributed ventrally along ceca from level of cecal bifurcation to posterior extremity, vitelline fields not confluent posteriorly. Uterus with relatively few eggs, uterine loops extensively overreaching ceca laterally, often reaching lateral margins of body but not invading posttesticular space. Parasites of body cavity of Scolopacidae from western hemisphere.