Bolette D P
University of Pittsburgh, Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
J Parasitol. 1997 Apr;83(2):272-5.
Six acanthocephalan specimens of an undescribed species of Sphaerechinorhynchus Johnston and Deland, 1929, were found attached to the mucosal surface of the proximal small intestine of a legally imported king cobra, Ophiophagus hannali (Cantor, 1836). These specimens are described as Sphaerechinorhynchus ophiograndis n. sp., the third species of the genus from snakes native to the Indo-Australian region, and the second species described from adults in the king cobra. Sphaerechinorhynchus ophiograndis n. sp. differs from Sphaerechinorhynchus serpenticola Schmidt and Kuntz, 1966 and Sphaerechinorhynchus rotun docapitus (Johnston, 1912) Johnston and Deland. 1929, by differences in proboscis and hook morphology, lemniscus length and appearance, testes presentation, number of cement glands, and, additionally from S. ronundocapitus, by overall trunk size and location of attachment within the host species.
在一条合法进口的眼镜王蛇（Ophiophagus hannali，坎托，1836年）近端小肠的黏膜表面，发现了6个棘头虫标本，它们属于一种未描述过的球形棘吻虫属（Sphaerechinorhynchus Johnston和Deland，1929年）物种。这些标本被描述为大眼镜蛇球形棘吻虫（Sphaerechinorhynchus ophiograndis）新种，这是该属来自印度 - 澳大利亚地区原生蛇类的第三个物种，也是从眼镜王蛇成体描述的第二个物种。大眼镜蛇球形棘吻虫新种与1966年的施密特和孔茨的蛇形球形棘吻虫（Sphaerechinorhynchus serpenticola）以及1912年约翰斯顿的圆头球形棘吻虫（Sphaerechinorhynchus rotundocapitus，约翰斯顿和德兰，1929年）不同，在吻部和钩的形态、系带长度和外观、睾丸呈现、粘腺数量方面存在差异，此外，与圆头球形棘吻虫相比，在整体躯干大小和在宿主物种内的附着位置方面也存在差异。
