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On Microstrongylus genetiæ gen. and sp. nov., a Trichostrongyle Parasite of Genetta senegalensis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Thomas W. M. Cameron
Thomas W. M. Cameron
Affiliation:
Department of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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A Considerable number of specimens of this parasite were collected from the small intestine of a genette which died in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London.

The cuticle of the cephalic extremity is dilated anteriorly. This swelling is terminated posteriorly by the cuticle incurving to meet a raised ring on the body-wall, about the level of the junction of the anterior and second fifths of the œsophagus. There are no cervical papillæ present, and it is probable that this ring may be regarded as replacing them. Just anterior to the middle of the œsophageal region and at the level of the excretory pore is a cervical groove which completely encircles the body. Laterally the cuticle on the anterior margin is thickened; it is also thickened on the ventral side, but less so than laterally. These thickenings are reinforced by a granular inclusion in the cuticle. The posterior margin is thickened only in the region of the excretory pore.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1927 , pp. 81 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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