Redescription of Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) from the new host Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Squamata Gekkonidae)

0337680 - ÚBO 2010 RIV IT eng J - Journal Article
Mašová, Š. - Baruš, Vlastimil - Hodová, I. - Koubek, Petr - Koubková, B.
Redescription of Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) from the new host Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Squamata Gekkonidae).
Tropical Zoology. Roč. 22, č. 2 (2009), s. 243-255. ISSN 0394-6975. E-ISSN 1970-9528
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Keywords : parasite * Nematoda * gecko * Senegal * West Africa
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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This study, based on a morphologiocal approach for identification of the nematode parasite Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) reports the first rekord of P. micipsae in a West African species of gekko, Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Gekkonidae), collected in the Nikolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Specimen of P. micipsae were examined under light microscope and for the firs time with a scannig electron microscope.
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