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The Australian population of\n                    <jats:italic>P. seychellesiensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    differs from all known species of\n                    <jats:italic>Paraschistorchis<\/jats:italic>\n                    Blend, Karar &amp; Dronen, 2017 by a broad linguiform body, a ventral sucker noticeably smaller than the oral sucker, a subquadrate pharynx that is partly dorsal to the oral sucker, and testes arrangement in a cluster configuration, as well as its distinct spatial clustering within all multivariate classification analyses without any intrusion into the space occupied by another cluster. Furthermore, the distinctive extension of the anterior vitellarium, significant differences in anterior testis\/ovary ratios, and egg sizes indicate that Australian and Indian specimens of\n                    <jats:italic>P. seychellesiensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    are two distinct species. The apparent comparatively distant geographic localities, each with distinct ecosystems (Seychelles Islands\n                    <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>\n                    Great Barrier Reef [GBR], Australia), are an interesting outcome of the recognition of separate species. Accordingly,\n                    <jats:italic>Paraschistorchis australiensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>n. sp.<\/jats:bold>\n                    is established to accommodate this Australian record. Given the detailed review and newly added data provided herein, we discuss the nature of the excretory vesicle within schistorchiines and amend the key to the recognized species of\n                    <jats:italic>Paraschistorchis<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0022149x26101266","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]],"date-time":"2026-04-16T10:06:36Z","timestamp":1776333996000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Description of\n                    <i>Paraschistorchis australiensis<\/i>\n                    n. sp. 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