Revision of the systematics of the Polystomoidinae (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with redefinition of Polystomoides Ward, 1917 and Uteropolystomoides Tinsley, 2017

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Table 1

List of North American turtle species investigated for polystomes in 2018–2019, with sampling localities and their GPS coordinates, prevalence of infection, infection site of polystomes, and total number of worms collected.

Host species	State	Year	Locality	GPS coordinates	No. of turtles infected / examined	Type of Eggs	No. of dissected turtles	Infection site of polystomes	No. of worms collected
Chrysemys picta	North Carolina	2018	Fountain twin pond	35,499030 N, −80,863681 W	0/10		0
C. picta	North Carolina	2018	Small Griffith pond	35,501874 N,	2/9	Round &	2	Oral cavity &	6
				−80,855274 W		long		conj. sacs	4
C. picta	North	2018	Big Griffith	35,502340 N,	0/1		0
	Carolina		Pond	−80,856278 W
C. picta	North	2018	Lake Norman	35,570090 N,	0/4		0
	Carolina		Mooresville	−80,856500 W
C. picta	North	2018	Norman’small	35,570824,	0/9		3	Oral cavity	2-1-0
	Carolina		Pond	−90,848196 W
C. picta	North	2018	Mooresville	35,575493 N,	0/6		0
	Carolina		golf course	−80,835494 W
C. picta	North	2018	Carringan	35,604860,	0/2		0
	Carolina		farm pond	−80,767886
Trachemys	North	2018	Fountain twin	35,499030 N,	3/4	Round	1	Oral cavity	6
scripta	Carolina		Pond	−80,863681 W
T. scripta	North	2018	Big Griffith	35,502340 N,	4/4	Round	1	Oral cavity	2
	Carolina		Pond	−80,856278 W
T. scripta	North	2018	Lake Norman	35,570090 N,	3/5	Round	1	Oral cavity	3
	Carolina		Mooresville	−80,856500 W
T. scripta	North	2018	Mooresville	35,575493 N,	12/17	Round &	3	Oral cavity &	14-8-2
	Carolina		golf course	−80,835494 W		long		conj. sacs	1-0-2
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Gainesville	29,670146 N,	4/9	Round &	3**	Oral cavity &	0-1-0
			Pond	−82,401368 W		long		urin. bladder &	0-2-0
								conj. sacs	1-0-0
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Hornsby Spring	29,850280 N,	2/3	Round	2**	Urin. bladder	3-1
				−82,593300 W
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Santa Fe College	29,683781 N,	1/2	Round	0
			campus pond 1	−82,434605 W
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Santa Fe College	29,683781N,	0/2	0
			campus pond 3	−82,434618 W
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Ichetucknee	29,969430 N,	1/7	Round	0
			River	−82,785930 W
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Quail Heights	30,166279 N,	8/15	Round &	2**	Oral cavity &	2-2
			golf course	−82,673098 W		long		conj. sacs	0-1
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Hornsby Spring	29,850239 N,	0/1		0
				−82,893722 W
T. s. scripta	Florida	2018	Deer Run	29,716736 N,			2**	Oral cavity	0-3
			Gainesville	−82,297859 W
Pseudemys	Florida	2018	Ichetucknee	29,969430 N,	6/13	Round	3*	Oral cavity	1-1-1
concinna			River	−82,785930 W
P. concinna	Florida	2018	Hornsby Spring	29,850239 N,	3/9	Round &	1	Oral cavity &	3
				−82,893722 W		long		conj. sacs	7
P. concinna	Florida	2018	Ichnetucknee	29,952778 N,			1**	Oral cavity &	3
			Bridge	−82,679350 W				conj. sacs	1
P. concinna	Florida	2019	Santa Fe River	29,833525 N,	5/11	Round	1	Oral cavity	1
				−82,679350 W
Pseudemys	Florida	2018	Deer Run	29,716736 N,			4**	Oral cavity &	4-0-0-3
nelsoni			Gainesville	−82,297859 W				conj. sacs	1-4-0-0
Pseudemys	Florida	2018	Hornsby Spring	29,850239 N,	1/1	Round	1	Oral cavity	1
floridana				−82,893722 W
P. floridana	Florida	2018	Deer Run	29,716736 N,			1**		0
			Gainesville	–82,297859 W
P. floridana	North	2018	Mooresville	35,575493 N,	1/1	Round	1**	Oral cavity	1
	Carolina		golf course	–80,835494 W
Pseudemys	Florida	2018	Hornsby Spring	29,850239 N,	1/1	Round &	1	Oral cavity &	1
peninsularis				–82,893722 W		long		conj. sacs	2
P. peninsularis	Florida	2018	Deer Run	29,716736 N,			1**	Conj. sacs	9
			Gainesville	–82,297859 W
Apalone ferox	Florida	2018	Gainesville	29,670146 N,	0/2		0
			pond	–82,401368 W
A. ferox	Florida	2018	Gainesville	29,7 N,			6**	Oral cavity &	11-0-6-3-1-1
				−82,3 W				conj. sacs	4-14-0-0-0-0
A. ferox	Florida	2018	Spanish Spring	28,943611 N,			1**	Oral cavity &	11
				−81,950833 W				conj. sacs	4

Abbreviations used: Conj. sacs = Conjunctival sacs; Urin. bladder = Urinary bladder.

refers to infected turtles that were surveyed for polystomes using a non-destructive approach with swabs rotated in the throat.

^**

refers to road kills that were frozen until dissection.

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