Folia Parasitologica 49[1] 50-54 (2002) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2002.011

Redescription of Andrya cuniculi (Blanchard, 1891) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), a parasite of Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha) in Spain

František Tenora1, Božena Koubková2, Carlos Feliu3
1 Department of Zoology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Zoology and Ecology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Parasitology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain

Andrya cuniculi (Blanchard, 1891) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is redescribed from Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) from Spain. Large ranges of variability in body length and width, testes number and position of the cirrus sac were observed. An external seminal vesicle covered with small glandular cells is present. The pattern of development of the uterus is similar to that of Andrya rhopalocephala (Riehm, 1881). The only reliable differential characters to distinguish A. cuniculi from A. rhopalocephala are the position of the uterus in gravid segments and the position of the testes in mature segments. The uterus of A. cuniculi occupies the median field and parts of the lateral fields but is restricted to the median field in A. rhopalocephala. Testes are distributed more symmetrically lateral to the female organs in A. cuniculi but are mostly antiporal in A. rhopalocephala.

Keywords: Anoplocephalidae, Andrya cuniculi, redescription, Oryctolagus cuniculus

Received: May 4, 2000; Accepted: June 13, 2001; Published: March 1, 2002  Show citation

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Tenora, F., Koubková, B., & Feliu, C. (2002). Redescription of Andrya cuniculi (Blanchard, 1891) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), a parasite of Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lagomorpha) in Spain. Folia Parasitologica, 49(1), 50-54. doi: 10.14411/fp.2002.011
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