Rhabdias rhampholeonis n. sp. and Rhabdias mariauxi n. sp. (Nematoda, Rhabdiasoidea), first lung worms from leaf chameleons: Description, molecular evidence and notes on biology

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-383

  Lhermitte Vallarino, Nathaly ^a   Barbuto, Michela ^b   Junker, Kerstin ^c   Boistel, Renaud ^a   Ineich, Ivan ^a   Wanji, Samuel ^d   Bain, Odile ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; DNA barcoding; Leaf chameleons; Morphology; Rhabdias mariauxi; Rhabdias rhampholeonis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 12S;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOST; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDIAS MARIAUXI; RHABDIAS RHAMPHOLEONIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; RHABDIASOIDEA; RHABDITIDA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS; RHAMPHOLEON; RIEPPELEON BREVICAUDATUS; STRONGYLOIDIDAE;

EID: 70349826411     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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