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Description of a new species: Dorylaimus parasiticus , a parasite of amphibians in the Iberian Peninsula (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)

Pilar González NavarroF. GuerreroValentín Pérez-melladoJavier Lluch

subject

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyEcologyDorylaimidabiology.organism_classificationmedicine.anatomical_structurePeninsulamedicineDorylaimusParasite hostingAnimal Science and ZoologyDigestive tractSalamandraBufoBody cavityEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

Dorylaimus parasiticussp. nov. (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) si described from the digestive tract and general body cavity of Salamandra salamandra, Rana perezi, and Bufo bufo, amphibians of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). This is the first record of a member of the Order Dorylaimida size, a thick transversely striated body cuticle with 20 to 26 longitudinal ridges.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02756.x