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Issue: Vol. 1191 No. 1: 1 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1191.1.4
Page range: 49–59
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the genus Chordodes (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from Africa. II. Ultrastructural redescription of C. africanus Sciacchitano, 1933, C. hawkeri Camerano 1902; C. sandoensis, Sciacchitano 1937; C. schoutedeni, Sciacchitano 1933 and reinterpretation of Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano, 1937

Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900 La Plata, Argentina Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Nematoda Gordiida Africa scanning electron microscopy

Abstract

We reinvestigate five African species of the genus Chordodes in order to certify the taxonomic descriptions and verify the species status. By scanning electron microscopy, we demonstrate characteristic cuticular patterns for the species Chordodes africanus, C. hawkeri, C. sandoensis and C. schoutedeni. The fifth species, C. butensis, is synonymized with C. africanus, because no differences were detected.

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