Rhabdochonidae
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F6823A76-8DE0-4C57-86E8-5A7564CB2A62 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093342 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA7287CA-891F-065D-FF01-F948FCF0CB98 |
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Plazi |
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Rhabdochonidae |
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Family Rhabdochonidae (Travassos, Artigas and Pereira, 1928 subfam.) Skrjabin, 1946 Rhabdochonidae gen. sp. (larvae)
Host and record: Rhinella fernandezae (Co) , Scinax nasicus (Cope, 1862) (Co) , Scinax acuminatus (Cope, 1862) (Co) .
Site of infection: Gastric serous membrane.
Material deposited: CECOAL 0 9020606 ( R. fernandezae ), CECOAL 0 4101102, 0 5042115 ( S. nasicus ), CECOAL 0 4101101 ( S. acuminatus ).
References: Hamann et al. (2009b; 2010; 2013); González & Hamann (2010b). Life cycle: Amphibians act as paratenic hosts; amphipods and, especially, ephemeropters, as intermediate hosts.
Adults are parasites of the digestive tract, the abdominal cavity and some internal organs especially of coldblooded vertebrates; they are rare in mammals ( Anderson 2000).
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