Agfa morandi sp. n. (Rhabditida, Agfidae) a parasite of Limax sp. (Gastropoda, Limacidae).
Agfa morandi sp. n. (Rhabditida, Agfidae), a parasite of Limax sp. (Gastropoda, Limacidae) from Py (Pyrenean mountains, France), is described and illustrated. The present species can be separated from the other two members of the same genus, A. flexilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Morand, 1990 and A. tauricus Korol and Spiridonov, 1991, by size measurements, number and disposition of the male's genital papillae, shape of the spicule and number of eggs in the female.
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Laboratori de Parasitologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avenida Diagonal s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology*; D017168:Rhabditida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*