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New species of Moaciria Freitas 1956 (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) from Australian Reptiles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

H. I. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of QueenslandSt. Lucia, Brisbane 4067 Queensland, Australia

Abstract

Moaciria sphenomorphi n. sp. is described from the skink Sphenomorphus gracilipes, Moaciria butleri n. sp. from the elapid snake Pseudechis australis (both from Western Australia), and Moaciria etnae n. sp. from the python Liasis childreni from Queensland. These species differ from one another and from M. alvarengai and M. icosiensis principally in the number and disposition of body and caudal papillae, and from M. freitasi in possessing caudal alae. M. butleri and M. etnae also differ from the other species in possessing a conspicuous three-pointed internal lip tooth, and all three new species possess a small median papilla within the posterior rim of the precloacal sucker.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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