<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Desportesius brevicaudatus (Dujardin, 1845) is redescribed on the basis of light-microscopy and SEM observations on specimens collected from the oesophagus and under the lining of the gizzard of Ixobrychus minutus (Ardeidae) from Bulgaria. New metrical data expand the known ranges of variation of the measurements of the body, tail, cordons, oesophagus and spicules. New information is provided on the variation of the shape of the deirids, the structure of the vagina, the complexity of the cordons, the pattern of the cuticular striation and the shape of the postdeirids. Cordons are described as consisting of a single row of serrate cuticular plates and a longitudinal cuticular ridge along the outer rims of the cuticular plates. The cuticular ridge is interpreted as homologous to the outer row of plates in the cordons of the genera Acuaria, Cheilospirura and Echinuria.</p></abstract>

Desportesius brevicaudatus (Dujardin, 1845) is redescribed on the basis of light-microscopy and SEM observations on specimens collected from the oesophagus and under the lining of the gizzard of Ixobrychus minutus (Ardeidae) from Bulgaria. New metrical data expand the known ranges of variation of the measurements of the body, tail, cordons, oesophagus and spicules. New information is provided on the variation of the shape of the deirids, the structure of the vagina, the complexity of the cordons, the pattern of the cuticular striation and the shape of the postdeirids. Cordons are described as consisting of a single row of serrate cuticular plates and a longitudinal cuticular ridge along the outer rims of the cuticular plates. The cuticular ridge is interpreted as homologous to the outer row of plates in the cordons of the genera Acuaria, Cheilospirura and Echinuria.

Redescription of Desportesius brevicaudatus (Spirurida, Acuariidae) based on nematodes from Ixobrychus minutus (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from Bulgaria

Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

Helminthologia

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Desportesius brevicaudatus (Dujardin, 1845) is redescribed on the basis of light-microscopy and SEM observations on specimens collected from the oesophagus and...

Redescription of Desportesius brevicaudatus (Spirurida, Acuariidae) based on nematodes from Ixobrychus minutus (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from Bulgaria

Published Online: Jun 21, 2009

Page range: 90 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0018-7

Keywords
Nematoda, Spirurida, Desportesius brevicaudatus, morphology, Ixobrychus, Bulgaria

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Redescription of Desportesius brevicaudatus (Spirurida, Acuariidae) based on nematodes from Ixobrychus minutus (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from Bulgaria

Published Online: Jun 21, 2009

Page range: 90 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0018-7

KeywordsNematoda, Spirurida, Desportesius brevicaudatus, morphology, Ixobrychus, Bulgaria

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Nematoda, Spirurida, Desportesius brevicaudatus, morphology, Ixobrychus, Bulgaria