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A New Strigeid Trematode from an Australian Marsupial*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Dorothea F. Sandars
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

A new species Fibricola sarcophila, is described from Sarcophilus harrisii from Tasmania. The history of previous records of strigeid from marsupial hosts is outlined and their possible relationships discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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