PHYSALOPTEROIDES-BAHAMENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, SPIRUROIDEA) FROM THE CUBAN TREEFROG OSTEOPILUS-SEPTENTRIONALIS (HYLIDAE) FROM SAN-SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

Authors
BURSEY CR GOLDBERG SR
Citation
Cr. Bursey et Sr. Goldberg, PHYSALOPTEROIDES-BAHAMENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, SPIRUROIDEA) FROM THE CUBAN TREEFROG OSTEOPILUS-SEPTENTRIONALIS (HYLIDAE) FROM SAN-SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 113(2), 1994, pp. 169-176
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microscopy
Journal title
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00030023
Volume
113
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
169 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-0023(1994)113:2<169:PN(SFT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Four hundred eighty-six specimens of Physalopteroides bahamensis n. sp . (Nematoda: Spiruroidea: Physalopteridae) were recovered from the gas trointestinal tracts of 61 of 72 preserved specimens of the Cuban tree frog, Osteopilus septentrionalis. Prevalence of infection was 85% and mean intensity was 8.4. Physalopteroides bahamensis belongs to the gro up of Physalopteroides species with a smooth left lip. The new species also is distinguished by number of teeth on the right lip, symmetrica l caudal alae, unequal spicules, and arrangement of caudal papillae. T hese nematodes represent the third known species of Physalopteroides f rom the Western Hemisphere and the first report of the genus from the Bahamas.