Redescription of Tanqua tiara (Nematoda, Gnathostomidae), and associated lesions in the stomach of the Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus)

Autor: Lynda M. Gibbons, I. F. Keymer
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Zoologica Scripta. 20:7-14
ISSN: 1463-6409
0300-3256
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00271.x
Popis: Tunqua tiara (von Linstow, 1879) Blanchard, 1904 from the stomach of the Nile monitor lizard (Varunus niloticus) in Nigeria is redescribed in detail using both light and scanning electron microscopy. Its mode of attachment and host pathology are described and discussed. A list of hosts and localities from which T. tiara has been recovered is included.
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