Australophiotaenia, Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz, 2018
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.4.2 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:838E32FD-05BE-47D4-9CF1-E96E7F1C08FF |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6492017 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF6FCC52-FF83-FF9D-A984-FE3BFBA3FCE7 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Australophiotaenia |
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gen. nov. |
Australophiotaenia sp. 6
Host. Common death adder, Acanthophis antarticus (Shaw, 1805) ( Ophidia : Elapidae ).
Distribution. Australia (Western Australia).
Material studied. Two whole mounts with four pregravid proglottids ( WAM 11-97 View Materials ) from Blanchins , Western Australia, 6.6.1996.
Remarks. Only four pregravid, partly decomposed and deformed proglottids are available. It is characterised by possessing 56-63 testes (n = 3), 12–15 uterine diverticula on each side, the width of the ovary represents 46– 51% (n = 3) of the proglottid width; However, they possess a submedian genital pore, which is unique among all proteocephalid tapeworms (see Freze, 1965; Rego, 1994; de Chambrier et al., 2017).
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