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Goezia lacerticola sp. n. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Alligator mississippiensis from Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Thomas L. Deardorff  and
Robin M. Overstreet
Thomas L. Deardorff
Affiliation:
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, USA
Robin M. Overstreet
Affiliation:
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, USA
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Abstract

Goezia lacerticola sp. n. infects the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, in Florida. The stomach ascaridoid is characterized by possessing 28 – 32 pairs of caudal papillae of which 4 are postcloacal, 2 are paracloacal, and the rest are precloacal; a body length of 3.9 – 8.2 mm, spicules 8 – 16% of the body length; and a length-ratio of the intestinal caecum to ventricular appendage of 1:2.1 – 4.6 mm. Its ventricular appendage consists of two longitudinal compartments.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 317 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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