Oochoristica koubeki n. sp. (Cestoda, Anoplocephalidae) from African Chamaeleo senegalensis (Chamaeleonidae) and emendation of the genus Oochoristica Lühe, 1898

• Authors: MAŠOVÁ Šárka; TENORA František; BARUŠ Vlastimil
• Year of publication: 2012
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Helminthologia
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• web: http://www.springerlink.com/content/x84147245062l248/
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0005-2
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: Oochoristica; tapeworm; chameleon; Africa; Senegal

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• Description: A new species, Oochoristica koubeki n. sp., anoplocephalidian cestode of the genus Oochoristica Lühe, 1898 is described from the intestine of Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802 (Chamaeleonidae). The new species differs from all other species in extremely high number of egg’s capsules, different host species and zoogeographic distribution. Emendation of genus diagnosis sensu Beveridge (1994) is provided.

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