Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-lj6df Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-08T07:47:07.383Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

On a Remarkable Oxyurid Nematode, Orientatractis leiperi n. sp., (Atractidae) from a South American Tortoise, Podocnemis vogli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

J. J. C. Buckley
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

Orientatractis leiperi n.sp. (Atractidae) is described, from the intestine of a South American tortoise. It is characterised by a cephalic armature of remarkable symmetry and complexity and by the presence of 3 tripartite structures in the anterior end of the oesophagus.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Petter, A. J., 1966.—“Équilibrc des espèces dans les populations de nématodes parasites du colon des tortues terrestres.” Méms Mus. nain. Hist. nat. Paris, 39, 1252.Google Scholar
Sarmiento, L., 1959.—“Description of Paratractis hystrix (Diesing, 1851) gen. nov. (Nematoda: Atractidae) from Podocnemis dumeriliana.” J. Parasit., 45, 6568.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed