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On a new nematode Leipernema leiperi n.g., n.sp. (Strongyloididae), parasitic in the pangolin Manis pentadactyla from Hyderabad, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Satya Narayan Singh
Affiliation:
The Ross Institute of Parasitology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Abstract

Leipernema leiperi n.g., n.sp. is described from the pangolin Manis pentadactyla in India. Both parasitic and free-living generations have been examined. Features which differentiate the parasite from Strongyloides and Parastrongyloides are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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