
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Smales, Lesley R. 
T1  - <emph type="2">Multisentis myrmecobius</emph>, gen. et. sp. nov. (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae), from the Numbat, <emph type="2">Myrmecobius fasciatus</emph>, and a Key to Genera of the Oligacanthorhynchidae
JF  - Invertebrate Systematics
JO  - Invert. Systematics
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SP  - 301
EP  - 307
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/IT95023 
N2  - A new genus and a new species of acanthocephalan are described from the numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus, a termite-eating marsupial from south-western Australia. Multisentis myrmecobius belongs to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae and a key to the genera of this family is given. The life cycle is presumed to involve termites as the intermediate host. The definitive host-parasite relationship is assumed to have evolved since the origins of M. fasciatus from ancestral marsupial forms before the late Miocene. 
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