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<mods:title>Redescription of species of Gongylonema Molin, 1857 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea Gongylonematidae) parasitic in some Australian vertebrate hosts and description of three new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Spratt, David M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections, Canberra, ACT, Australia.</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:title>Zootaxa</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<mods:number>5239</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.2</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7624101</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">4AFDDAD0-55C4-4921-8A82-455DFB01E437</mods:identifier>
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<treatment LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039587DFFF9DFFAFFF68FB81FCB7B370" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587DFFF9DFFAFFF68FB81FCB7B370" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="207" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,745,1045,1072]" box="[151,745,1045,1072]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<heading bold="true" box="[151,745,1045,1072]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" reason="1">
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<taxonomicName authority="Johnston & Mawson, 1942" authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[151,745,1045,1072]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,745,1045,1072]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,427,1045,1072]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Gongylonema alecturae</emphasis>
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Johnston &Mawson, 1942
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[151,890,1114,1138]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,890,1114,1138]" box="[151,890,1114,1138]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<taxonomicName authority="Johnston & Mawson, 1942, pp. 92 - 93" authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityPageNumber="92 - 93" authorityYear="1942" box="[151,791,1114,1138]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
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<emphasis box="[151,396,1114,1138]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Gongylonema alecturae</emphasis>
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Johnston & Mawson, 1942, pp. 92–93
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</taxonomicName>
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, figs 1–2.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" box="[151,1292,1184,1212]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,345,1184,1210]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Type specimens.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus box="[352,456,1184,1210]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Holotype</typeStatus>
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♁,
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<typeStatus box="[498,588,1184,1210]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">allotype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount box="[596,617,1185,1211]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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AHC 41286; “co-type” male mounted on slide AHC 21270.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" box="[199,650,1220,1246]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<materialsCitation box="[199,645,1220,1246]" country="Australia" location="Eidsvold" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,358,1220,1246]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<typeStatus box="[199,258,1220,1246]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Type</typeStatus>
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locality.
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</emphasis>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039587DFFF9DFFAFFF68FB81FCB7B370:8EE36012FF9DFFADFE93FB50FE17B1FF" box="[364,466,1220,1246]" country="Australia" name="Eidsvold" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Eidsvold</location>
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, Qld.,
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<collectingCountry box="[539,645,1220,1246]" name="Australia" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Australia</collectingCountry>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" box="[199,1338,1256,1283]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1256,1282]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<typeStatus box="[199,258,1256,1282]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Type</typeStatus>
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host.
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="J. E. Gray" authorityName="J. E. Gray" authorityYear="1831" box="[329,631,1256,1283]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Alectura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
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<emphasis box="[329,518,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Alectura lathami</emphasis>
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J.E. Gray
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</taxonomicName>
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, (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[650,710,1256,1282]" class="Aves" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="class">Aves</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[720,857,1256,1282]" class="Aves" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Galliformes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lesson" authorityYear="1831" box="[868,1030,1256,1282]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Megapodiidae</taxonomicName>
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) (Australian brush-turkey).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" box="[199,507,1292,1318]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,393,1292,1318]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Site of infection.</emphasis>
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Unstated.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,434,1328,1354]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Material examined.</emphasis>
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From
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<taxonomicName authority=": Eidsvold Qld" authorityName="Eidsvold Qld" box="[512,874,1328,1354]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Alectura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
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<emphasis box="[512,711,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Alectura lathami:</emphasis>
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Eidsvold Qld
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</taxonomicName>
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:
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<typeStatus box="[887,950,1329,1355]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">types</typeStatus>
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; 2 ♁♁,
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<specimenCount box="[1042,1108,1328,1355]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
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, fragments from bile duct of liver, (AHC 705).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="207" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" box="[199,489,1400,1426]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,337,1400,1426]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Description</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[353,477,1400,1426]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1860,1884]" captionTargetBox="[156,1432,180,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-16@2.[151,1436,179,1834]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 A–F. Gongylonema alecturae Mawson, 1942. A, Cephalic end female, lateral view. B, Vulva and vagina, allotype female, ventral view. C, Posterior end male holotype, ventral view. D, Left spicule distal extremity, co-type male, lateral view. E, Right and left spicules and gubernaculum, co-type male, lateral view. F, Posterior extremity female, lateral view. Scale bars: Fig. 1A, 1B–1E = 50 µm, Fig. 1F = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624103" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624103/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Fig. 1 A–F</figureCitation>
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.)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis box="[199,291,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">General</emphasis>
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: Nematodes with marked sexual dimorphism, cuticular bosses (= verruciform cuticular thickenings) present on anterior end, with prominent transverse cuticular striae. Cephalic end with peri-buccal ring, buccal capsule present. Oral opening dorso-ventrally elongated, 2 pairs of internal papillae, 2 pairs of cephalic papillae and 2 large lateral amphids. (Lack of material precluded
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<emphasis box="[740,821,1544,1570]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">en face</emphasis>
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preparation.) Deirids situated anteriorly, near origin of lateral alae. Oesophagus long, divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular regions.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[151,1437,1184,2039]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">
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<emphasis box="[199,257,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">Male</emphasis>
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(
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<typeStatus box="[273,373,1616,1642]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">holotype</typeStatus>
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in italics,
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<emphasis box="[495,511,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">“</emphasis>
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co-type” male +
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<specimenCount box="[704,791,1616,1642]" pageId="1" pageNumber="205" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
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(AHC 705) in parentheses
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<emphasis box="[1099,1108,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">)</emphasis>
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: Total length
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<emphasis box="[1269,1318,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">31.3</emphasis>
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, 28.7 (37, 31) mm. Maximum width
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<emphasis box="[445,494,1652,1678]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">222,</emphasis>
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212 (270, 297). Cuticular bosses initially on all surfaces, confined to lateral surfaces from about junction of muscular and glandular oesophagus, extending
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<emphasis box="[937,979,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">541</emphasis>
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, 421 (795, 403) from cephalic extremity. Buccal capsule
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<emphasis box="[325,359,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">42,</emphasis>
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42 (33, 33) long,
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<emphasis box="[555,583,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">17</emphasis>
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, 19 (21, 15) wide. Deirids immediately anterior to lateral alae,
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<emphasis box="[1278,1318,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">114</emphasis>
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, 119 (146, 125) from anterior end. Lateral alae present, continue along entire body length, widening to form asymmetric caudal alae, right wider than left, extending to tail tip. Nerve ring
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<emphasis box="[799,841,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">193</emphasis>
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, 187 (250, 283) from anterior end, excretory pore not observed in types, 468, 348 from anterior end in other specimens. Muscular oesophagus
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<emphasis box="[1149,1198,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">385,</emphasis>
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343 (493, 503) long, glandular oesophagus
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<emphasis box="[396,459,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">4617,</emphasis>
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4189 (5009. 5300)long.Spicules unequal, markedly different in length, right spicule
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<emphasis box="[1387,1429,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">124</emphasis>
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, 104 (104, 125) long,
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<emphasis box="[377,413,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">21,</emphasis>
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23 (20, 21) maximum width; left spicule
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<emphasis box="[860,930,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">17280</emphasis>
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, 15476 [broken, missing] long, finely striated; portion of gubernaculum accommodating left spicule
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<emphasis box="[750,785,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">83,</emphasis>
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94 (94, 83) long, portion accommodating right spicule
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<emphasis box="[1401,1429,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">37</emphasis>
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, 42 (40, 39) long. Tail twisted, with 6 pairs of pedunculated pre-cloacal and 3 pairs of pedunculated post-cloacal papillae; 1 or 2 pairs of smaller sessile post-cloacal papillae, variably distributed.Tail
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<emphasis box="[1088,1130,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="205">156</emphasis>
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(damaged) (198, 218) long.
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</paragraph>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624103" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7624103" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624103/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="206" startId="2.[151,250,1860,1884]" targetBox="[156,1432,180,1826]" targetPageId="2">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[151,1437,1860,1992]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,325,1860,1884]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">FIGURE 1 A–F.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Mawson, 1942" authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[332,738,1860,1884]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="2" pageNumber="206" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
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<emphasis box="[332,577,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">Gongylonema alecturae</emphasis>
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Mawson, 1942
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[748,772,1860,1884]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">A,</emphasis>
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Cephalic end female, lateral view.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1133,1156,1860,1884]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">B,</emphasis>
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Vulva and vagina, allotype female, ventral view.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[371,396,1896,1920]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">C,</emphasis>
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Posterior end male holotype, ventral view.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,863,1896,1920]" pageId="2" pageNumber="206">D,</emphasis>
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Left spicule distal extremity, co-type male, lateral view. E, Right and left spicules and gubernaculum, co-type male, lateral view. F, Posterior extremity female, lateral view. Scale bars: Fig. 1A, 1B–1E = 50 µm, Fig. 1F = 100 µm.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
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<emphasis box="[199,299,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Female (</emphasis>
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<typeStatus box="[300,390,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">allotype</typeStatus>
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in italics +
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<specimenCount box="[522,631,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
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(AHC 705) in parentheses): Total length
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<quantity box="[1096,1175,150,177]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.6" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="76.0">
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<emphasis box="[1096,1124,150,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">76</emphasis>
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mm
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</quantity>
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64 (61–67). Maximum width
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<emphasis box="[224,272,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">318,</emphasis>
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329 (318–345) at tail end. Dense cuticular bosses on all surfaces initially, confined to lateral surfaces from about junction of muscular and glandular oesophagus, extending
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<emphasis box="[928,991,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">1007,</emphasis>
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733 (636–822) from cephalic extremity. Buccal capsule
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<emphasis box="[329,357,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">42</emphasis>
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, 42 (40–43) long,
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<emphasis box="[571,606,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">17,</emphasis>
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21 (19–23) wide. Deirids anterior to origin of lateral alae,
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<emphasis box="[1278,1327,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">104,</emphasis>
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117 (73– 160) from anterior end. Nerve ring
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<emphasis box="[567,615,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">125,</emphasis>
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284 (249–354), excretory pore
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<emphasis box="[988,1030,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">555</emphasis>
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, 450 (424–489) from anterior end. Muscular oesophagus
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<emphasis box="[410,452,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">608</emphasis>
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, 588 (504–647), glandular oesophagus
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<emphasis box="[917,973,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">7364</emphasis>
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, 6953 (5883–7950) long. Vulva
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<emphasis box="[1359,1436,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">16762,</emphasis>
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14487 (12700–17274) from posterior extremity. Tail –, 235 (209–260). Larvated eggs
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<emphasis box="[1126,1161,366,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">56,</emphasis>
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54 (52–59) long,
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<emphasis box="[1365,1400,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">37,</emphasis>
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36 (31–39) wide, with thick, smooth shells.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="207" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,439,465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[326,600,439,465]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[326,600,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Gongylonema alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described by Johnston and Mawson (1942) from the brush-turkey,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[151,341,475,501]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Alectura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,341,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Alectura lathami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, collected by T. L. Bancroft at Eidsvold Qld. The date of collection and the tissue site in the host were not mentioned. The only other material available from the brush-turkey (AHC 705) was represented by
|
||
<specimenCount pageId="3" pageNumber="207" type="male">two males</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount box="[233,385,547,573]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" type="female">three females</specimenCount>
|
||
and a number of female fragments collected from the liver and bile ducts of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1276,1395,547,573]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Alectura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1276,1395,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">A. lathami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(as
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[151,380,583,609]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Catheturina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,380,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Catheturina lathami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) in
|
||
<date box="[423,567,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" value="1918-08">August 1918</date>
|
||
by T.H. Johnston at Eidsvold, Qld.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
The location of specimens in the bile duct of the liver of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[871,991,619,645]" class="Aves" family="Megapodiidae" genus="Catheturina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lathami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[871,991,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">A. lathami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(AHC 705) is unusual because all the specimens collected from macropodids and attributed to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[820,965,655,681]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[820,965,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
came from the oesophageal and gastric mucosae. AHC 705 contains a portion of liver, including bile duct from which I recovered a worm fragment. Unfortunately, there is no left spicule in one of the males and it is broken off at the distal end in the other, precluding absolute certainty with respect to the specific identification. However, other morphological features of males and females fall well within those of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[520,660,799,825]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[520,660,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and it is placed therein.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
The tiny papillae detected on the specimen with a twisted tail would be exceptionally difficult to detect in most males as the tails are normally twisted. The tail tip was markedly contracted in the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1083,1173,871,897]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">allotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and it was not possible to discern the posterior intestine, rectum and anus and consequently the tail length. It was recorded as 0.16 mm by Johnston and Mawson (1942).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
Specimens from brush-turkeys are here recognised as
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[789,927,979,1005]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[789,927,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the basis of the morphology of the spicules, especially the characteristically barbed tip of the left spicule, the complex gubernaculum which accommodates both left and right spicules, the number and distribution of pre- and post-cloacal pedunculated papillae, the former invariably six pairs, the latter with three pairs of large pedunculated and one or two pairs of smaller non-pedunculated papillae arranged variably.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
Specimens from the brush-turkeys differ from those from agile wallabies and grey kangaroos in the difference in site of infection, the much more simple morphology of the right spicule including shorter length and narrower width, the greater length of left spicule, the shorter distance bosses extend beyond the cephalic extremity in females, the shorter length of muscular and glandular oesophagus and of tail in both sexes, and the much greater distance of the vulva from the tail tip in females, much more pronounced in females from
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[1031,1125,1303,1329]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Notamacropus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agilis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1031,1125,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">N. agilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
than from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shaw" authorityYear="1790" box="[1249,1395,1303,1328]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="giganteus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1249,1395,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">M. giganteus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
Many more macropodids than brush-turkeys have been examined in north
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1039,1171,1339,1365]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Queensland</collectingRegion>
|
||
and the specimen from
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[151,283,1375,1401]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">Queensland</collectingRegion>
|
||
Museum, GL 11304, collected from the oesophagus of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[904,999,1375,1401]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Notamacropus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agilis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[904,999,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">N. agilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in 1913 by Fielding suggests that what was thought to be
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[353,492,1411,1437]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[353,492,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but here recognised as
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Spratt, 2023" authorityName="Spratt" authorityYear="2023" box="[758,939,1411,1437]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="macropodum" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[758,939,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. macropodum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[944,1033,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[944,1033,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, has been known from macropodids but unrecognised for almost a century (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Speare, R. & Beveridge, I. & Johnson, P. M. & Corner, L. A." box="[590,804,1447,1473]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" pagination="89 - 96" refId="ref12778" refString="Speare, R., Beveridge, I., Johnson, P. M. & Corner, L. A. (1983) Parasites of the agile wallaby Macropus agilis (Marsupialia). Australian Wildlife Research, 10, 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / WR 9830089" type="journal article" year="1983">
|
||
Speare
|
||
<emphasis box="[674,731,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 1983
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="3.[151,1437,150,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">
|
||
The greater body length of males and females, the greater length and characteristic barbed tip of the left spicule, with the anterior spike longer and more acute and the greater distance of the vulva from the tail tip distinguishes
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Johnston & Mawson" authorityYear="1942" box="[151,292,1555,1581]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="alecturae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,292,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. alecturae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from all other species described in this text. In addition, the long glandular oesophagus in females is another distinguishing feature from all but
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Spratt, 2023" authorityName="Spratt" authorityYear="2023" box="[632,784,1591,1617]" class="Secernentea" family="Gongylonematidae" genus="Gongylonema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="bettongiae" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[632,784,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">G. bettongiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[791,882,1591,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[791,876,1591,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="207">sp. nov</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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