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New Species Of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nemata: Rhabdochonidae) From Rainbow Trout In California Streams, Armand R. Maggenti, Fawzia Abdel-Rahman, I. Cid Del Prado Vera
New Species Of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nemata: Rhabdochonidae) From Rainbow Trout In California Streams, Armand R. Maggenti, Fawzia Abdel-Rahman, I. Cid Del Prado Vera
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
Three new species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 are described and illustrated from Salmo gairdneri Richardson (rainbow trout) in freshwater streams in California: Rhabdochona californiensis n. sp., R. paxmani n. sp., and R. satmonis n. sp. Rhabdochona californiensis n. sp. is characterized by 14 anteriorly directed teeth in the prostome, egg devoid of filaments or floats, male and female tail terminus with a single mucro, left (long) spicule slender with a moderate distended podoid terminal end, spicular ratio 1:3.8. Rhabdochona paxmani n. sp. is characterized by 10 teeth in the prostome, eggs with polar floats, left (long) spicule slender with podoid …