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Two new species of Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae) from British terrestrial molluscs

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Two new species of Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845 taken from the intestines of terrestrial molluscs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) collected in the UK are described and illustrated. Angiostoma milacis n. sp. is parasitic in milacid and agriolimacid slugs and is closely related to A. asamati Spiridonov, 1985. Angiostoma zonitidis n. sp. was found in a zonitid snail and is most closely related to A. kimmeriense Korol & Spiridonov, 1992 (emend.), a species also from zonitid snails. An amended generic diagnosis is proposed. The distribution of A. limacis and A. milacis sp. n. in hosts is discussed and a key to the species of Angiostoma is presented.

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This work was supported in part by Becker Underwood UK (Littlehampton) and by the RFBR grants 08-04-00209 and 07-04-90005.

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  1. Centre of Parasitology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Leninskii Prospect 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Elena S. Ivanova

  2. Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK

    Michael J. Wilson

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Ivanova, E.S., Wilson, M.J. Two new species of Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae) from British terrestrial molluscs. Syst Parasitol 74, 113–124 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9200-z

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