NEW DATA ON ANCYLOSTOMA-MARTINEZI MIQUEL, TORRES, CASANOVA ET FELIU, 1994 (NEMATODA, ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE) PARASITIZING GENETTA-GENETTA (CARNIVORA, VIVERRIDAE) IN SPAIN

Citation
J. Miquel et al., NEW DATA ON ANCYLOSTOMA-MARTINEZI MIQUEL, TORRES, CASANOVA ET FELIU, 1994 (NEMATODA, ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE) PARASITIZING GENETTA-GENETTA (CARNIVORA, VIVERRIDAE) IN SPAIN, Helminthologia, 33(1), 1996, pp. 43-50
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,Zoology
Journal title
ISSN journal
04406605
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0440-6605(1996)33:1<43:NDOAMT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
New data on Ancylostoma martinezi Miquel, Torres, Casanova et Feliu, 1 994 (Nematoda: A n c y l o s t o m a t i d a e), an oioxenous parasite from the small intestine of the common genet, Genetta genetta (Linnae us, 1758) (Carnivora: V i v e r r i d a e). A. martinezi is characteri zed by: a) the presence of three pairs of ventro-lateral teeth in the buccal capsule; and b) cuticular prominences in the shape of serration s on the dorso-lateral borders of the oral cavity. This Nematode is ma inly distributed in Northeastern Spain, with a prevalence of 9.4% in i ts host.