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Probstmayria bengalensis n.sp. (Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) in captive Indian one horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) from Alipore Zoological Garden, Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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Nematode specimens collected from the faeces of the Indian one horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Alipore Zoological Garden, Calcutta, India are diagnosed as a new species under genus Probstmayria and named as Probstmayria bengalensis n. sp. The new species is distinguished from the other valid species of the genus in the presence of 3 pairs of postanal papillae and unequal, similar spicules (42.9–49.5 μm for left and 26.4–29.7 μm for the right spicule), with a spicular ratio of 1:1.62–1.66 and a small gubernaculum (13.2–16.5 μm long), that bents towards dorsal surface.

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Mondal, S., Manna, B. Probstmayria bengalensis n.sp. (Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) in captive Indian one horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) from Alipore Zoological Garden, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Proc Zool Soc 63, 129–134 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-010-0018-0

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