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Baiohelmins elegans n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Nanophyetidae) from the Australian water rat,Hydromys chrysogaster

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A new genus and species of nanophyetid,Baiohelmins elegans, is described from the intestine of the Australian water rat,Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 in North Queensland. The new genus differs from previously described forms by the combination of the following characters: vitelline follicles restricted to a small group posterior to each testis, cirrus pouch present and caeca not extending posterior to the ventral sucker.

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  1. T. H. Cribb

    Present address: CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, P.O. Box 84, 2602, Lyneham, ACT, Australia

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  1. Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK

    T. H. Cribb

  2. Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    J. C. Pearson

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Cribb, T.H., Pearson, J.C. Baiohelmins elegans n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Nanophyetidae) from the Australian water rat,Hydromys chrysogaster . Syst Parasitol 12, 117–121 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000146

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