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Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 45, Number 1, 1970
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Page(s) | 13 - 19 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1970451013 | |
Published online | 11 October 2017 |
Mémoire
Parasites of the relict fauna of Ceylon
I. Acanthocephalus serendibensis sp. nov. from the Ceylon Horn-nosed Lizard
Department of Zoology, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Ceylon, France.
A new species of Echinorhynchid Acanthocephalan, Acantliocephalus serendibensis, is described from the intestine of the relict, agamid mountain-lizard, Ceratopbora stoddarti Gray, from Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, 6185 feet above mean sea level. This species closely resembles Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan from a Malagasy tree-frog, but differs from it in its much smaller size, in having 12 longitudinal rows of three proboscis hooks, in its cement glands being in two groups of three each, and in having bursal rays and eggs devoid of spines.
Résumé
Nous décrivons une nouvelle espèce d’Acanthocéphale échinorhynchide. Acanthocephalus serendibensis, trouvée dans l’intestin de Ceratopbora stoddarti Gray, lézard agame relique de montagne provenant de Nuwara Eliya (Ceylan), altitude 1885 m. Cette espèce ressemble beaucoup à Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan, provenant d’une grenouille arboricole de Madagascar, mais elle en diffère par sa plus petite taille, par la présence de 12 rangs longitudinaux de trois crochets proboscidiens, par la répartition de ses glandes cémentaires en deux groupes de trois, et par la présence de rayons sur sa bourse copulatrice et d’oeufs dépourvus d’épines.
© Masson, Paris 1970, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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