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On Some Trematodes from the Manicou, Didelphis marsupialis insularis (Allen) from the West Indies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Dorothea F. Sandars
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

Three new records are made, viz: Achillurbainia recondita Travassos, 1942; Metadelphis evandroi Travassos, 1944; Rhopalias coronatus (Rudolphi, 1819) Stiles and Hassall, 1898; all are recorded from the manicou, Didelphis marsupialis insularis (Allen) from Trinidad, British West Indies. Descriptions of all these species are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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