Species Nicollina echidnae (Baylis, 1930)

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• Nicollia echidnae Baylis, H.A. 1930. Four new trichostrongyloid nematodes from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 1-18 [14].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1938.7.18.218-232 (as 'co-types'), Townsville, Qld; QMBA GL 213737 (as 'co-type').

  Type host:

   Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [Tachyglossidae]

Generic Combinations

• Nicollina echidnae (Baylis, 1930). —
  Baylis, H.A. 1930. A nomenclatural correction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(6): 550
  Durette-Desset, M.-C. & Cassone, J. 1983. A taxonomic revision of the trichostrongyloid nematode parasites of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 257-284 [265]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine

Associated Fauna References

Baylis, H.A. 1930. A nomenclatural correction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(6): 550 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

General References

Durette-Desset, M.-C. & Cassone, J. 1983. A taxonomic revision of the trichostrongyloid nematode parasites of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 257-284 (redescription and additional geographic records)

Thomas, P.M. 1959. Some nematode parasites from Australian hosts. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 82: 151-162

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