| description of rhabdias breviensis n. sp. (rhabditoidea: rhabdiasidae) in two neotropical frog species. | nematodes of the genus rhabdias stiles & hassall, 1905 (rhabditoidea: rhabdiasidae) have a dioecious free-living stage and a hermaphroditic stage that parasitises the lungs of amphibians and reptiles. approximately 94 species of rhabdias have been described. because the similar morphological characteristics such as the labial structures, the location of the vulva and the shape of the tail of rhabdias spp. hinder their identification, molecular biology techniques and scanning electron microscopy ... | 2013 | 23949651 |