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

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Authors	TENORA František KOUBKOVÁ Božena FELIU Carlos
Year of publication	2002
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Folia Parasitologica
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Anoplocephalidae; Andrya cuniculi; redescription; Oryctolagus cuniculus
Description	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.
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