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Issue: Vol. 5239 No. 2: 9 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.2
Page range: 204-220
Abstract views: 248
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Redescription of species of Gongylonema Molin, 1857 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea: Gongylonematidae) parasitic in some Australian vertebrate hosts and description of three new species

Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Gongylonema Nematoda parasites redescription new species Australian hosts

Abstract

Gongylonematid nematodes (Nematoda: Gongylonematidae) parasitic in some Australian vertebrates are described from the monotypic genus Gongylonema (Gongylonema) (Molin, 1857). Three previously incompletely described species from a megapod and murid rodents are re-described from limited material. Three additional species are described from murid rodents and macropodid, potoroid and phalangerid marsupials. A key to species is provided.

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