Some parasitic nematodes in the collection of the Australian Museum
Abstract
A small collection of unnamed parasitic nematodes belonging to the Australian Museum was submitted to us for examination. Those from marsupials have already been dealt with (Johnston and Mawson, 1940), the remainder, from reptiles, birds and rodents, are recorded in this paper. The greater part of the collection was made by Mr. E. Troughton while visiting South Australia on a collecting trip on behalf of the Museum. Two other members of the staff, Messrs. F. A. McNeill and H. S. Grant, also contributed to it. Some material belonging to the old collections of the Museum and obtained by G. Masters and G. Krefft was also examined, but its condition was rather unsatisfactory. The host names, locality, parasites identified, and Museum registered number, are as follows:
