Redescription of Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin, 1845) Diesing, 1861 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from Ranid Frogs of West Bengal, India

Autor: Anadi P. Nandi, Kanchan K. Sow, Sujan Kumar Sou
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 72:372-379
ISSN: 0974-6919
0373-5893
DOI: 10.1007/s12595-018-0279-6
Popis: Cosmocerca ornata is a widely distributed species reported from Europe, Asia and Africa. No description of Cosmocerca ornata as such is available from India though nematodes described as Cosmocerca indica, Cosmocerca macrogubernaculum, Paracosmocerca spinocerca and Paracosmocerca indica have been synonymised with C. ornata. Original descriptions of these species are inadequate and/or erroneous. Present paper deals with a detailed description of C. ornata, using both light microscopy and Scanning electron microscopy, recovered from a new anuran host, Hoplobatrachus crassus in West Bengal, India. The Birbhum district, West Bengal is recorded as a new geographical locality for C. ornata.
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