SPAULIGODON-HEMIDACTYLUS N-SP (NEMATODA, PHARYNGODONIDAE) FROM HEMIDACTYLUS-FRENATUS (REPTILIA, GEKKONIDAE) FROM OCEANIA

Authors
BURSEY CR GOLDBERG SR
Citation
Cr. Bursey et Sr. Goldberg, SPAULIGODON-HEMIDACTYLUS N-SP (NEMATODA, PHARYNGODONIDAE) FROM HEMIDACTYLUS-FRENATUS (REPTILIA, GEKKONIDAE) FROM OCEANIA, The Journal of parasitology, 82(2), 1996, pp. 299-301
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
82
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1996)82:2<299:SN(PFH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Nine-hundred-nineteen Spauligodon hemidactylus n. sp. (Nematoda: Phary ngodonidae) were collected from the large intestines of 201 of 574 adu lt Hemidactylus frenatus from 11 Pacific locations. Prevalence of infe ction was 35% (mean intensity 4.7, range 1-27). Spauligodon hemidactyl us n. sp. represents the 31st species to be described for this genus a nd is distinguished by the low number of tail filament spines of the f emale and the presence of unequal knobs on the egg. This is the first report of the genus Spauligodon from Oceania.