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On Two New Nematodes of the Genus Spironoura (Oxyuroidea: Kathlaniidae) from a Ceylon Tortoise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

A. H. Sathananthan
A. H. Sathananthan
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Ceylon, Colomb.*
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Extract

S. fernandoi and S. pillaii are described as new species and are shown to differ specifically from each other and from S. japonensis, the only other species that has been reported as having spines on the spicules.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , June 1972 , pp. 167 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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