Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Gubányi, A.
Title: Morphometrics of taeniid tapeworms 1. Multivariate analysis of distance measurements of the rostellar hooks
Title: A Taenia galandférgek morfológiája. I. A rostelláris horgok távolságméreteinek vizsgálata többváltozós analízissel
Year: 1995
Volume: 28
Pages: 21-41.

Abstract: A multivariate analysis of distance measurements (total length, posterior chord length, anterior chord length, blade length, basis length, guard length, total width and length of the perpendicular from the anterior chord to the lowest point of the curve of the blade) of the rostellar hooks of more than 18 taeniid species was carried out using an automated distance measuring method by personal computer. On the basis of discriminant analysis of 8 morphometric characters four other Taenia spp. are described. A considerable distance has been found among T. taeniaeformis, T. parenchymatosa and the T. brauni - T. serialis group, but the other species are also far from one another and may be classified into more than one genus within the subfamily Taeniinae.
Keywords: Cestoda, discriminant analysis, Taenia hydatigena, Taeniidae, Taenia acinonyxi, Taenia brauni, Taenia selousi, Taenia martis, Taenia parenchymatosa, Taenia kotlani, Taenia laticollis, Taenia multiceps, Taenia pisiformis, Taenia regis, Taenia serialis, Taenia taeniaeformis, Taenia solium, Taenia parva, Taenia crassiceps, Taenia ovis, Taenia polyacantha, Taenia spp. taxonomy, systematic biology, multivariate analysis, hooks of taeniids, image acquisition, automated distance measuring, automated landmark measuring, computer aided design

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Magyar Parazitológusok Társasága, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É., Thoma, A., Gubányi, A. & Tajti, T. Zs.