Natural history of the parasite Waddycephalus in the Townsville region of north-east Australia

Waddycephalus is an understudied genus of pentastomids native to Australia and south-east Asia. The genus was recognized in 1922 but there has been little research on these pentastomid tongue worms over the last century. A few observations suggest a complex life cycle through 3 trophic levels. We ai...

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Main Authors: Halvard Aas Midtun, Megan Higgie, Conrad Hoskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-05-01
Series:Parasitology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182023000197/type/journal_article