Megalobatrachonema papuensis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Chromadorea
Ordo: Rhabditida
Subordo: Spirurina
Infraordo: Ascaridomorpha
Superfamilia: Cosmocercoidea
Familia: Kathlaniidae
Genus: Megalobatrachonema
Species: Megalobatrachonema papuensis

Name

• Megalobatrachonema papuensis Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2012: 973.

Holotype: USNPC 105251, ♂.

Allotype: USNPC 105252, ♀.

Type locality: 5.6 km NW summit of Mt. Shungol, 750 m elevation, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Host: BPBM 37330, Fojia bumui (Squamata: Scincidae), collected on 21 October 2003.

Paratypes: (n = 18) USNPC 105253–54.

References

Primary references

• Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. & Kraus, F. 2012. A New Species of Megalobatrachonema (Nematoda: Kathlaniidae) in Fojia bumui (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Parasitology 98(5): 973–976.DOI: 10.1645/GE-3120.1