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A new nematode Pharyngodon morgani sp.nov., intestinal parasite of a lizard, Mabuya striata, in Nyasaland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. M. Fitzsimmons
W. M. Fitzsimmons
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, 103 St Peter's Street St Albans, Herts
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Definition. Oxyurinae—mouth with three small lips; cuticle with or without lateral flanges; vestibule absent; oesophagus with a posterior globular bulb containing a valvular apparatus and separated from the rest of the oesophagus by a slight constriction; excretory pore behind the oesophageal bulb; posterior extremity of the body in both sexes obliquely truncate ventrally at the level of the anus, rounded and prolonged as a long subulate tail which is provided with spines or smooth.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 51 , Issue 3-4 , November 1961 , pp. 395 - 399
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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