Oochoristica leonregagnonae
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| Oochoristica leonregagnonae Arizmendi-Espinosa, García-Prieto & Guillén-Hernández, 2005
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Oochoristica leonregagnonae is a species of cestodes[1] found in the iguana Ctenosaura pectinata.
Description
[edit]It has a large number of testes (78–112), and numerous ovarian lobes (31–79). Its testes are limited to the central region between the excretory canals.
References
[edit]- ^ Arizmendi-Espinosa, M. A.; García-Prieto, L.; Guillén-Hernández, S. (2005). "A New Species of Oochoristica (Eucestoda: Cyclophyllidea) Parasite of Ctenosaura Pectinata (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico". Journal of Parasitology. 91 (1): 99–101. doi:10.1645/GE-337R. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 15856879. S2CID 22673046.
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