DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES - DORYLAIMUS-PARASITICUS, A PARASITE OF AMPHIBIANS IN THE IBERIAN-PENINSULA (NEMATODA, DORYLAIMIDA)

Authors
NAVARRO P GUERRERO F PEREZMELLADO V LLUCH J
Citation
P. Navarro et al., DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES - DORYLAIMUS-PARASITICUS, A PARASITE OF AMPHIBIANS IN THE IBERIAN-PENINSULA (NEMATODA, DORYLAIMIDA), Journal of zoology, 237, 1995, pp. 169-177
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09528369
Volume
237
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
169 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-8369(1995)237:<169:DOANS->2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Dorylaimus parasiticus sp. nov. (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) is described from the digestive tract and general body cavity of Salamandra salaman dra, Rana perezi, and Bufo bufo, amphibians of the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain). This is the first record of a member of the Order Dorylaimida Pearse, 1942 being a parasite of a vertebrate. The new species is char acterized by a large body size, a thick transversely striated body cut icle with 20 to 26 longitudinal ridges.