A new species of Parapharyngodon (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) infecting Dermatonotus muelleri (Anura: Microhylidae) from Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil.
Zootaxa
; 4012(2): 386-90, 2015 Sep 03.
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| ID: mdl-26623864
ABSTRACT
Parapharyngodon silvoi n. sp. (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) is described from the large and small intestine of the Muller's termite frog Dermatonotus muelleri (Boettger, 1885) from the biome Caatinga, Exu municipality, Pernambuco State, Brazil, Dermatonotus muelleri is a fossorial species with a specialized termite diet, and feeding and reproductive behavior occurring only during the wet season. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus Parapharyngodon by showing ovary not coiled around the esophagus, morphology of anterior cloacal lip, spicule size and number of caudal papillae.
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Assunto principal:
Anuros
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Oxiuríase
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Oxyuroidea
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article