Morphology of Ancylostoma buckleyi Le Roux and Biocca, 1957 in dogs from Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.
Ancylostoma buckleyi was found in dogs in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. Worms were small, whitish, males 10.25-10.89 mm in length; females 12.65-14.96 mm in length. The buccal capsule was funnel shaped. There were three pairs of ventral teeth and two pairs of dorso-lateral teeth. Spicules were simple and equal, 0.71-0.73 mm in length. Gubernaculum was shaped like a cricket bat, the widest part in the posterior half. The bursa was well developed, the ratio between posterolateral-mediolateral to mediolateral-externolateral was 1:1. The inner branches of the dorsal rays were partially fused. Tail of the femaleworm was 0.22-0.23 mm in length and conical.
D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*