Family Angiostrongylidae

                                 Revised 01/11/26

Lungworms

Classification:
 

   Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida
Rhabditina
Metastrongyloidea

           Angiostrongylidae (Boehm & Gebauer, 1934) Anderson, 1978

Parasites of respiratory and vascular systems of marsupials, rodents, felids, canids, lemurs, insectivores.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

   
  • Buccal capsule vestigial; mouth with or without lips;
  • Females prodelphic, vulva near anus in posterior region of body
  • Oviparous or ovoviviparous
  • Male with bursa highly developed or reduced, Typical rays always clearly defined. Dorsal ray is present but sometimes divided. Ventral and lateral rays well developed.

Ref: Anderson, 2009; Morales et al., 2012.

  

Biology and Life Cycle:

Life cycles, where known, involve a gastropod intermediate host; and paratenic hosts are often used by species parasitic in carnivores (Anderson, 2000).


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References

Anderson, R. C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Their Development and Transmission. CABI, Wallingford.

Anderson, R.C. 2009. Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates: archival volume. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845935726.0178

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

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