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Examination of the holotype and sole paratype of the digenean Transversohelmins borneoensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1973 revealed a copulatory apparatus of the 'elasmocotyle' type that is characteristic of the family Microphallidae and tribe Basantisiini. The genus is described and figured as far as the specimens allow; it does not match any of the other genera of the tribe (Microphalloides and Queenslandisia). Microphalloides ovariolobatus Ke, 1978 is considered to be a synonym of the species T. borneoensis.

The immunohistochemical distribution of TH and PNMT containing neuronal elements was investigated utilizing peroxidase anti-peroxidase methods in newborn control and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) brainstems. The TH immunoreactive neurons, within the medulla oblongata, displayed a similar distribution in both control and SIDS tissue. However, PNMT immunoreactive neurons seen in the dorsal part of the nucleus of tractus solitarius in control tissue were not observed in SIDS tissue. This alteration of adrenergic neurons in the dorsal part of NTS (region reported to be implicated in the control of blood pressure and respiration) could explain the cardiorespiratory disorders in SIDS.

According to the type of L. howensis the species belongs to the subgenus Levinseniella instead of the subgenus Monarrhenos as believed before. The genital atrium has two male pockets and one female pouch.