Title
A new rhabdiasid nematode, Chabirenia cayennensis n. g., n. sp., parasitic in the glands of the buccal mucosa of a South American saurian
Date Issued
01 October 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Abstract
Chabirenia cayennensis n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) is described from the teiid lizard Ameiva ameiva. A total of 139 worms were recovered, all females, from the mucous glands of the buccal cavity. The worm has a free-living phase in a homogonic life-cycle. Infective larvae are enclosed in a sheath with chequered ornamentation and composed of two exuviae. The new genus is distinct from the five known genera of the family, Pneumonema Johnston, 1916, Acanthorhabdias Pereira, 1927, Entomelas Travassos, 1930, Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall, 1905 and Neoentomelas Hasagawa, 1989, in the following characters: helical habitus, longitudinal cuticular crests, very tiny buccal cavity without thick walls and three oesophageal onchia. Several characters of this new rhabdiasid suggest the Strongylida. © Springer 2005.
Start page
151
End page
160
Volume
62
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-25444454555
PubMed ID
Source
Systematic Parasitology
ISSN of the container
01655752
DOI of the container
10.1007/s11230-005-5494-7
Source funding
Arthur and Aenne Feindt Foundation
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Arthur and Aenne Feindt Foundation (Hamburg, Germany) and the Progamme Pluriformation Guyane of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. We thank Dr John Baker and Dr S. Babayan for revising the manscript, and Prof. C. Dupuis, member of the Editorial Committee of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, for his advice.
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