Species of Typhlophoros von Linstow, 1906 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) in Old World crocodilians.

Abstract:

:A new species of the genus Typhlophoros von Linstow, 1906, T. spratti, is described from the freshwater crocodile Crocodylus johnstoni and the saltwater crocodile C. porosus in northern Australia. Specimens of the new species could not be compared with the type-species, T. lamellaris, as no preserved specimens of the latter species are known to exist. The new species differs from the descriptions of von Linstow (1906) and Maplestone (1930) in the number of interlabial ridges, the form of the ventriculus and absence of lateral alae. The taxonomic status and affinities of Typhlophoros are discussed.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Sprent JF

doi

10.1023/a:1006117822808

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-07-01 00:00:00

pages

229-36

issue

3

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

43

pub_type

杂志文章