Description of Cosmocerca longispicula sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae), a parasite of a dendrobatid frog from Martinique, French Antilles.
Cosmocerca longispicula sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae), a new cosmocercid nematode discovered in the intestine of a new dendrobatid frog from Martinique, French Antilles, is described and illustrated. It is unique in possessing unusually long, well-sclerotized spicules (length, 0.294-0.300 mm; length ratio of gubernaculum and spicules, 1: 2.1-2.2), a feature that necessitates emendation of the definition for the genus Cosmocerca. C. longispicula is the first known species of Cosmocerca from the Caribbean region. A new name, C. paraguayensis nom. nov., is proposed for C. uruguayensis Moravec and Barus, 1990, a homonym to C. uruguayensis Lent and Freitas, 1948.
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Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské, Budĕjovice.
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D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008395:Martinique; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification