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Otodistomum plunketi n.sp., a large trematode from a Lord Plunket's shark, Scymnodon plunketi (Waite)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. L. Fyfe
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand

Extract

A new species, Otodistomum plunketi, is described from the Lord Plunket's Shark Scymnodon plunketi caught in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. This species is compared with Otodistomum veliporum and O. pristiophori, from which it is mainly distinguished by its size, shape, egg-size and undulating caeca.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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