Mediorhynchus mattei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Gigantorhynchida |
Family: | Gigantorhynchidae |
Genus: | Mediorhynchus |
Species: | M. mattei
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Binomial name | |
Mediorhynchus mattei Marchand and Vassiliadès, 1982
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Mediorhynchus mattei is a species of acanthocephalan, a parasitic worm, found in the digestive tract of a bird, the northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus. Male worms are 2-3 cm in length, females are 3-11 cm in length. [1] It was described in 1982; its name honours French zoologist Xavier Mattei. [1]
The northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus is the type-host of Mediorhynchus mattei. The parasite was described from specimens found in Senegal.
Marchand, Bernard (1984). "A Comparative ultrastructural study of the shell surrounding UL the mature acanthor larvae of 13 acanthocephalan species". Journal of Parasitology. 70 (6): 886–901. doi: 10.2307/3281634. JSTOR 3281634.
Mediorhynchus mattei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Gigantorhynchida |
Family: | Gigantorhynchidae |
Genus: | Mediorhynchus |
Species: | M. mattei
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Binomial name | |
Mediorhynchus mattei Marchand and Vassiliadès, 1982
|
Mediorhynchus mattei is a species of acanthocephalan, a parasitic worm, found in the digestive tract of a bird, the northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus. Male worms are 2-3 cm in length, females are 3-11 cm in length. [1] It was described in 1982; its name honours French zoologist Xavier Mattei. [1]
The northern red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus is the type-host of Mediorhynchus mattei. The parasite was described from specimens found in Senegal.
Marchand, Bernard (1984). "A Comparative ultrastructural study of the shell surrounding UL the mature acanthor larvae of 13 acanthocephalan species". Journal of Parasitology. 70 (6): 886–901. doi: 10.2307/3281634. JSTOR 3281634.