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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 3323

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Desmoscolex rudolphi
Host
(Unknown) in/on Unknown
Origin
Ghana Prampram, Gold Coast
Collector
Hupfer via Steiner
Date Received
1888
Slides
T-684p (Lectotype - male)
Author
R. W. Timm
Reference
University of California Publications in Zoology (1970) 93: 1-115
Remarks
Original Publication: G. Steiner. Zoologishchen Anzeiger (1916) 47:322-350.