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Spinicauda regiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakoidea), a parasite of the ball python (Python regius)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. R. Platt  and
A. O. Bush
T. R. Platt
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
A. O. Bush
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
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Abstract

Spinicauda regiensis n. sp. is described from a captive ball python, Python regius. The new species differs from all other species of Spinicauda by the presence of a papilla in the precloacal sucker of the male.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , September 1979 , pp. 257 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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