Trichuris bradleyi sp. n., a whipworm from Octodon degus in Chile
Babero, B.B.; Cattan, P.E.; Cabello, C.
Journal of Parasitology 61(6): 1061-1063
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3395 PMID: 1195067 Document Number: 86657
Trichuris bradleyi n.sp. was recovered from the caecum and large intestine of 8 of 27 Octodon degus collected 30 km from Santiago, Chile. It lacks a true spicular tube and the spicule lies in the cloaca, distinguishing it from all other species of the genus described from rodents. It resembles T. sylvilagi but differs in the nature of the cloaca, in having spines on the spicule sheath, and in having a shorter ejaculatory duct and vas deferens.