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A new genus of hymenolepid cestodes from the Indian gerbil, Tatera indica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Anil Wason  and
Sylvester Johnson
Anil Wason
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur 342001, India
Sylvester Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur 342001, India
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Abstract

Paraoligorchis taterae gen. et sp.n. is described from the Indian gerbil Tatera indica. It is characterised by unarmed suckers; rudimentary and unarmed rostellum; 4–7 testes of which 1–2 are aporal and anterior to others which are in a transverse row; cirrus pouch extending beyond excretory stems; unilateral genital pores; genital ducts dorsal to excretory stems; prominent external and internal seminal vesicles; large rosette-like ovary; saccular uterus; vaginal opening posterior to that of the cirrus pouch; three-layered eggs devoid of both a pyriform apparatus and polar filaments. It has been compared with related genera of Hymenolepidinae and Anoplocephalinae and found to differ from all of these in some character or other.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , December 1977 , pp. 309 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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