Tachygonetria longicollis ( Schneider, 1866 )
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Tachygonetria longicollis ( Schneider, 1866 ) |
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Tachygonetria longicollis ( Schneider, 1866) View in CoL
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References and synonymes: see Petter 1966.
HOST. — Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 .
SITE OF INFECTION. — Large intestine.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. Settat, 7°45’30”W, 32°30’45”N, 22.VII.1999, S. Bouamer, 4, 4 ( MNHN 224HG).
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General
Medium-sized body, males smaller than females. Cuticle of cephalic end without any prominent formation. Cephalic sense organs formed by the outer ring of four sub-lateral papillae, an inner ring of papillae not observed; large, sessile and slightly external amphids. Short buccal cavity, armed with three teeth. Long and narrow oesophagus.
Female ( Fig. 2A, D View FIG )
Triangular oral opening with two cycles of lips the external cycle formed by three transparent and short lips; each lip presents a light cut in the middle on its internal side; the second cycle formed by three transparent lips, broader than the lips of the external cycle. Short and robust tail.
Measurement of females based on four specimens: length 4.414 (4.100-4.440) mm, with maximal width 490 (415-500). Nerve ring 236 (218-240) from anterior end. Excretory pore 1.700 (1.571 -1.770) from anterior end.
PETTER A. J. 1966. - Equilibre des especes dans les populations de Nematodes parasites du colon des tortues terrestres. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, nouvelle serie A, Zoologie 39: 1 - 252.
SCHNEIDER A. 1866. - Monographie der Nematoden. Georg Reimer, Berlin, 357 p.
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