Journal of Helminthology
- Journal of Helminthology / Volume 30 / Issue 04 / December 1956, pp 217-232
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X00033198 (About DOI), Published online: 18 November 2009
Research Papers
On Three New Species of Strigeid Trematodes from an African Crocodile and the Erection of a New Family, Neostrigeidae*
B. Bisserua1
a1 From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Neostrigea africana gen.et sp.nov., Neostrigea leiperi gen.et sp.nov. and Prostrigea arcuata gen.et sp.nov. are described from the intestine of Crocodilus niloticus, Kafue River, Northern Rhodesia. The three species are included in two new genera which are placed in a new family Neostrigeidae.
Footnotes
* Part of a Thesis approved by the University of London for the award of the Ph.D. degree.
