In course of a survey of caprimulgiform birds (Steatornithidae, Podargidae, Nyctibiidae, Aegothelidae, and Caprimulgidae) held in the Museum fu ¨r Naturkunde, Berlin a main focus was on the identification of type material. All specimens were examined for assessment of type status. Data contained on
Die Acanthocephalen-Typen des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin
✍ Scribed by Gerhard Hartwich; Ingeborg Kilias; Birger Neuhaus
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 924 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0232-5519
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✦ Synopsis
The Types of Acanthocephala in the Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin A catalogue of all holotypes, syntypes, and paratypes of 68 species of Acanthocephala preserved or formerly held in the helminth collection of the Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, now Museum fur Naturkunde, is presented. The species are arranged in alphabetical order. After the species name, the original combination of the binomen, author, year, and reference is given. Below follows the species name as taken from the checklist by Amin (1985). Thereafter, the reader finds the catalogue number, host and organ where the specimen was found, sampling site, and collector and/or collection; all data is presented as written in the original entrance catalogue or on the accompanying label(s). Data taken from the original species description or from other sources is mentioned in [ ].The kind of type, number, and condition of specimen(s) are mentioned in ( ). Lost specimens are marked with "perditus", desiccated, yet available material is identified by "siccus".
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