Hasegawa H, Doi T, Araki J, Miyata A
Department of Biology, Oita Medical University, Hasama, Japan.
J Parasitol. 2000 Jun;86(3):583-7. doi: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0583:KCLNGN]2.0.CO;2.
The monotypic Kamegainema n. gen. is proposed for Filaria cingula, a subcutaneous parasite of cryptobranchids. Examination of female specimens recently collected from the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus, revealed that it belongs to Dracunculidae. Kamegainema is closest to Protenema Petter and Planelles, 1986, the only other dracunculid genus known from Amphibia, but is readily distinguished by having prominent cuticular bosses. Kamegainema cingulum is redescribed.
单型的龟带线虫属(Kamegainema n. gen.)是为环带丝虫(Filaria cingula)设立的,环带丝虫是隐鳃鲵科动物的一种皮下寄生虫。对最近从日本大鲵(Andrias japonicus)采集的雌性标本进行检查后发现,它属于龙线虫科。龟带线虫属与1986年的原线虫属(Protenema Petter and Planelles)最为接近,原线虫属是已知的两栖动物中唯一的另一个龙线虫科属,但很容易通过具有突出的角质瘤来区分。对环带龟带线虫(Kamegainema cingulum)进行了重新描述。