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Maritrema apodemicum sp. nov. (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the Long Tailed Field Mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus sylvaticus (L.) on Skomer Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. W. Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth*

Extract

1. Maritrema apodemicum sp. nov. from the long tailed field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus sylvalicus (L.) on Skomer Island is described and compared with other species of the genus.

2. 14·6% of the mice were infested, the % infestation being greater in the males, 20·3%, than the females, 5·4%.

3. A brief discussion of the genus and of other species occurring in mammals is included.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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