Kabré G B, Petter A J
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1997 Mar;64(1):33-7.
Camallanus polypteri n. sp.is described from Polypterus bichir (type host), Synodontis schall and Clarias anguillaris in Lake Tingrela, Burkina Faso. It differs from the other African species of the subfamily Camallaninae parasitizing freshwater fishes, in that it lacks tridents. All species of the subfamily Camallaninae that lack tridents differ from the new species by at least one of the two following characters: a greater number of longitudinal ridges on the inner surface of the buccal capsule; and a muscular oesophagus shorter than the glandular oesophagus. In accordance with the classification of Petter (1979), the new species is placed in the genus Camallanus Railliet & Henry, 1915, owing to the length of the posterior chamber of the buccal capsule, which is less than one third of the length of the anterior chamber.
多鳍鱼卡马线虫新种是在布基纳法索廷雷拉湖的多鳍鱼（模式宿主）、豹纹脂身鲇和胡鲶体内发现的。它与寄生于淡水鱼的其他非洲卡马线虫亚科物种不同，在于它没有三叉戟。所有没有三叉戟的卡马线虫亚科物种与新种的区别至少在于以下两个特征之一：口腔囊内表面有更多的纵向嵴；肌肉质食管比腺质食管短。根据彼得（1979年）的分类，由于口腔囊后腔的长度小于前腔长度的三分之一，新种被归入1915年拉耶 & 亨利建立的卡马线虫属。
