OOCHORISTICA-JONNESI SP-N (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, LINSTOWIIDAE) FROM THE HOUSE GECKO, HEMIDACTYLUS-MABOUIA (SAURIA, GEKKONIDAE), FROM CAMEROON

Authors
BURSEY CR MCALLISTER CT FREED PS
Citation
Cr. Bursey et al., OOCHORISTICA-JONNESI SP-N (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, LINSTOWIIDAE) FROM THE HOUSE GECKO, HEMIDACTYLUS-MABOUIA (SAURIA, GEKKONIDAE), FROM CAMEROON, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64(1), 1997, pp. 55-58
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
55 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1997)64:1<55:OS(LFT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Six specimens of Oochoristica jonnesi sp. n. were recovered from the s mall intestines of 4 of 14 (29%) house geckos, Hemidactylus mabouia, f rom Cameroon. Oochoristica jonnesi sp. n. has few characteristics in c ommon with African species of Oochoristica; rather, it belongs to that group of species possessing fewer than 25 testes in a single cluster and circular suckers, namely, O. junkea, O. lygosomae, O. lygosomatis, O. novaezelandae, and O. sobolevi. The new species can be readily dif ferentiated from the other species of this group by number of lobules of the ovary or number of osmoregulatory canals.