Ophidascaris durissus sp. nov. (Nematoda Ascarididae) parasitizing Crotalus durissus Linnaeus (Ophidia, Viperidae) in Brazil



Título del documento: Ophidascaris durissus sp. nov. (Nematoda Ascarididae) parasitizing Crotalus durissus Linnaeus (Ophidia, Viperidae) in Brazil
Revista: Revista brasileira de zoologia
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000281107
ISSN: 0101-8175
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Helmintologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Instituto de Biologia do Exercito, Subdivisao Serpentario, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Itaipu Binacional, Departamento de Meio Ambiente Fisico, Foz do Iguacu, Parana. Brasil
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Període: Mar
Volum: 20
Número: 1
Paginació: 9-11
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The species Ophidascaris durissus sp. nov. is proposed with basis on specimens recovered from the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus L., 1758 (type host) captured in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (type locality). By the lack of interlabia, the new species can be compared only to O. natricis Yamaguti, 1935 from Japan and O. freitasi Hoa & Lien, 1970, from Vietnam. However, O. durissus sp. nov. differs from O. natricis mainly by the absence of internal lip papillae, location of the vulvar aperture and length of the spicules; from O. freitasi mostly by the greater number of pre-cloacal and distribution of post-cloacal papillae
Disciplines Biología
Paraules clau: Anfibios y reptiles,
Parasitología,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Nuevas especies,
Parásitos,
Descripción taxonómica,
Crotalus durissus,
Nematoda,
Ophidascaris durissus,
Ophidia,
Brasil
Keyword: Biology,
Amphibians and reptiles,
Parasitology,
Taxonomy and systematics,
New species,
Parasites,
Taxonomic description,
Crotalus durissus,
Nematoda,
Ophidascaris durissus,
Ophidia,
Brazil
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