Native species Maxvachonia chabaudi Mawson, 1972 (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) found in the invasive marine toad Rhinella marina (Linnaeus) (Anura: Bufonidae) in Australia
Author
Ni, Xue-Feng
Key Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China;
Author
Barton, Diane P.
School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; & School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Estella, New South Wales, Australia
Author
Chen, Hui-Xia
Key Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China;
Author
Li, Liang
Key Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China;
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Folia Parasitologica
2022
028
2022-12-02
69
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http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2022.028
journal article
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10.14411/fp.2022.028
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Table 1. Morphometric comparisons of Maxvachonia chabaudi Mawson, 1972 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) (measurements in millimetres).| Characteristics | Present study Male Female | Mawson (1972) Male Female |
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| Length of body (BL) | 2.07‒2.24 | 7.20‒14.6 | 2.30‒2.70 | 6.00‒15.5 |
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| Length of entire oesophagus (OL) 0.26‒0.34 | 0.44‒0.68 | 0.37‒0.52 | 0.57‒0.98 |
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| OL/BL (%) | 12.6‒15.1 | 3.63‒8.39 | 13.7‒20.0 | 5.59‒10.8 |
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| Distance excretory pore from anterior end | 0.21‒0.26 | 0.31‒0.48 | 0.20‒0.33 | 0.27‒0.63 |
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| Distance nerve ring from anterior end 0.11‒0.14 | 0.16‒0.30 | 0.15‒0.33 | 0.15‒0.32 |
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| Spicules length (SL) | 0.09‒0.12 | ‒ | 0.12‒0.13 | ‒ |
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| SL/BL (%) | 4.26‒5.43 | ‒ | 4.80‒5.22 | ‒ |
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| Gubernaculum length | 0.11‒0.15 | ‒ | 0.13‒0.16 | ‒ |
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| Number and arrangement of caudal papillae (pairs) | 6, 3, 6 | ‒ | 6, 3, 6 | ‒ |
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| Vulva from anterior end (VA) | ‒ | 0.41‒0.65 | ‒ | 0.38‒0.80 |
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| VA/BL (%) | ‒ | 3.82‒7.32 | ‒ | 4.03‒7.36 |
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| Length of tail (TL) | 0.15‒0.20 | 1.50‒3.65 | N/A | 1.50‒4.20 |
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| TL/BL (%) | 7.24–8.91 | 20.3‒30.3 | N/A | 19.6‒30.3 |
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| Hosts | marine toad | skinks |
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| Country | Australia | Australia |
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