Morphological and molecular characterization of Ortleppascaris sinensis sp nov (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) from the Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis

作者：Zhao, J. H.; Wang, S. S.; Tu, G. J.; Zhou, Y. K.; Wu, X. B.^*

来源：Journal of Helminthology, 2016, 90(3): 303-311.

DOI：10.1017/S0022149X15000255

• CAIMAN-CROCODILUS
• PARASITES
• MISSISSIPPIENSIS
• AMPHIBIANS
• REPTILES
• PRIMERS

A new nematode species, Ortleppascaris sinensis sp. nov. (Ascaridoidea), is described from specimens found in the stomach and intestine of the Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879 (Crocodilian: Alligatoridae) in the National Nature Reserve of Chinese Alligator (Chinese Crocodile Lake) in Anhui Province, China. This is the first description of O. sinensis sp. nov. in both China and this crocodile host, increasing its distribution in South Asia as well as expanding the number of helminths known to infect this crocodile. The detailed description of O. sinensis sp. nov., based on light and scanning electron microscopic examination, provides new taxonomic data for this species, and we also report sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS), small subunit DNA segments (18S) and the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene.

• 出版日期2016-5
• 单位皖南医学院; 安徽师范大学