Morphology of Baerietta hickmani n. sp. (Cestoda, Nematotaeniidae) from Australian scincid lizards.
Baerietta hickmani was described from Lampropholis challengeri, L. delicata, L. guichenoti, L. mustelina and Nannoscincus maccoyi (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Diagnostic features included hyperapolysis, mature segments longer than wide, gonads tandem and seminal receptacle present. The genus Baerietta was emended to include diagnostic features of B. hickmani and to extend the host range to included both amphibians and reptiles. Other morphological features of the new species included tandem paruterine capsules, allometric growth of segments and the investiture of paruterine capsules by numerous elongate calcareous corpuscles.
D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D012098:Reproduction