Species Dracunculus mulbus Jones & Mulder, 2007

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• Dracunculus mulbus Jones, H.I. & Mulder, E. 2007. Dracunculus mulbus n. sp (Nematoda : Spirurida) from the water python Liasis fuscus (Serpentes : Boidae) in northern Australia. Systematic Parasitology 66(3): 195-205 [196].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC33344 Vial ♂, Beatrice Hill, Adelaide River Floodplain, Northern Territory [12°38'S, 131°19'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC33345 (as Allotype) Vial ♀, Beatrice Hill, Adelaide River Floodplain, Northern Territory [12°38'S, 131°19'E]; SAMA AHC33346 Vial, Beatrice Hill, Adelaide River Floodplain, Northern Territory [12°38'S, 131°19'E].

  Type host:

   Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873 [PYTHONIDAE] (Parasites from mesenteries)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873 [BOIDAE] Water Python).

Associated Fauna References

Mulder, E. & Smales, L. 2015. The endoparasites of Liasis fuscus (Serpentes : Boidae) from the Adelaide River floodplain, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 63: 81-90 (Liasis fuscus)

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