Checklist of nematode parasites of amphibians from Argentina
Author
González, Cynthya Elizabeth
Author
Inés, Hamann Monika
text
Zootaxa
2015
3980
4
451
476
journal article
40016
10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.1
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1175-5326
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Serpinema Yeh, 1960
Serpinema
cf.
trispinosum
(Leidy, 1852)
(third larval stage)
Host and record:
Lysapsus limellum
Cope, 1862 (Co)
.
Site of infection:
Intestine.
Material deposited:
CECOAL 0 0
112909
, 0 0
122104
, 0 1013101.
References:
González & Hamann (2007b)
.
Life cycle:
The life cycle of this nematode is unknown. Apparently, freshwater turtles, their definitive hosts, may become infected by ingestion of copepods (intermediate hosts) or by feeding on paratenic hosts including aquatic snails, planktonophagus fishes and amphibians (
Moravec 1998
).