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Moaciria chondropythonis sp. n. (Heterakidae; Spinicaudinae), a nematode from a Papuan tree python, Chondropython viridis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Lynda M. Gibbons
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts, England

Abstract

Moaciria chondropythonis sp. n., from cysts in the wall of the oesophageal/stomach junction of Chondropython viridis originally from New Guinea but kept in captivity at the Zoological Society of London for three months is described and figured. It is distinguished from the other species of the genus by the number and arrangement of the caudal papillae and by its larger size.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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