A peculiar bursate nematode, Zygocaulus nagoensis n. gen. and n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Dictyocaulidae: Mertensinematinae), was described from an alien frog, Polypedates leucomystax (Anura: Rhacophoridae), collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. It is related to Mertensinema and Borrellostrongylus, the only hitherto known genera of Mertensinematinae, but is readily distinguished from them by having only 2 pairs of lateral rays and simple distal ends of the dorsal ray branches.
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22 May 2019
Zygocaulus nagoensis N. Gen. and N. Sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Dictyocaulidae), a Peculiar Bursate Nematode Collected from an Alien Frog, Polypedates leucomystax, in Nago, Okinawa Island, Japan
Hideo Hasegawa
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 105 • No. 3
May 2019
Vol. 105 • No. 3
May 2019
Alien Frog
Dictyocaulidae
Japan
Mertensinematinae
Okinawa
phylogeny
Polypedates leucomystax