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On two new davaineid cestodes from Australian marsupials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Ian Beveridge
Ian Beveridge
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Princes Highway: Werribee, Victoria. 3030, Australia
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Abstract

Two new species of Calostraurus Sandars, 1957 (Cestoda: Davaineidae) are described from Australian marsupials, C. thylogale from Tliylogale biltardierii and C. mundayt from Potorous apicalis. A redefinition of the genus is given together with tabulated features of the species.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , June 1975 , pp. 129 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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