Journal article
NEW SPECIES OF CLOACINA VON LINSTOW, 1898 (NEMATODA: STRONGYLIDA) FROM THE SWAMP WALLABY, WALLABIA BICOLOR (DESMAREST, 1804) (MARSUPIALIA)
Ian Beveridge, Abdul Jabbar, Mary Shuttleworth
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA | ROYAL SOC SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC | Published : 2014
Abstract
Although the principal species of the parasitic nematode genus Cloacina von Linstow, 1898 found in the stomach of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) (Marsupialia) are relatively well established, continuing collections from this host have led to the finding of additional new species often with restricted geographical distributions or occurring rarely in the host. Three new species are described and an additional five undescribed species are identified which cannot be named due to lack of specimens. The three new species are C. aethra sp. nov. from Victoria, C. galatea sp nov. from Queensland and C. anthea sp. nov. from both Victoria and Queensland.
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Funding Acknowledgements
We wish to thank colleagues who have helped in the collection of the material described here including N.B. Chilton, J. Hufschmid, A. Corrigan, P.M. Johnson and S. Middleton. Financial support for collecting was provided by the Australian Research Council and the Australian Biological Resources Study.