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1 February 2009 New Species of Kathlaniid (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) Collected From Hynobiid Salamanders in Japan
Hideo Hasegawa, Kanto Nishikawa
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Abstract

Falcaustra odaiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) is described from the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782), and Ishizuchi salamander, Hynobius hirosei Lantz, 1931 (Caudata: Hynobiidae), in Japan. This nematode is characterized by having multiple pseudosuckers in the male. It resembles Falcaustra araxiana, Falcaustra duyagi, Falcaustra lambdiensis, Falcaustra pillaii, Falcaustra siamensis, and Falcaustra washingtonensis, but is readily distinguished by the spicule length and/or egg size. This is the first Falcaustra species described from Japanese salamanders.

Hideo Hasegawa and Kanto Nishikawa "New Species of Kathlaniid (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) Collected From Hynobiid Salamanders in Japan," Journal of Parasitology 95(1), 186-190, (1 February 2009). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1635.1
Received: 28 March 2008; Accepted: 1 July 2008; Published: 1 February 2009
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