Photograph from Sotohira et al., 2016
Revised 05/28/25
Chabertiidae Popova, 1955
Gastro-intestinal parasites of marsupials
Four Subfamilies based on characteristics of the ovejector, buccal capsule and bursal rays:
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Recent molecular evidence supports the hypothesis that the subfamilies Cloacininae and Phascolostringylinae, parasites of marsupials, should be moved from the Chabertiidae to the family Cloacidae and thus separated from the strongyloid nematodes of non-marsupial hosts. Although additional studies are required, current molecular evidence supports the hypothesis that early radiation of the strongyloid genera in marsupials may have occurred in the marsupial wombats (Marsupialia: Vombatidae) (Sukee et al., 2022). |
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Cloacina pearsoni from the rock wallaby Petrogale xanthopus
(Macropodidae: Chordata) Photograph from Sotohira et al., 2016 |
Strongylid infections of free-ranging marsupials are reported extensively from Australia (Beveridge and Chilton, 1999; Beveridge et al., 2002; Spratt et al., 1991). They have also been reported as causing death of marsupials in zoo captivity (Sotohira et al., 2016).
Marsupials
| Nematodes of the family Chabertiidae parsitiising the stomach of the
rock wallaby Petrogale xanthopus (Macropodidae: Chordata) Photograph from Sotohira et al., 2016 |
Beveridge, I. and Chilton, N. B. 1999. Revision of the Rugopharynx australis (Moennig, 1926) complex (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from macropodid marsupials. Invertebr. Taxon., 13: 805-843.
Beveridge, I., Chilton, N. B. and Spratt, D. M. 2002. The occurrence of species flocks in the nematode genus Cloacina (Strongyloidea: Cloacininae), parasitic in the stomachs of kangaroos and wallabies. Austral. J. Zool., 50: 597-620.
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
Sotohira, Y., Ito, Y., Sano, T., Hayashi, H., Suzuki, K., Asakawa, M. 2016. Parasitic nematodes obtained from marsupials reared at a semi-free ranging facility in a Japanese zoological park. Research of One Health. http://gra.rakuno.ac.jp/roh.html
Spratt, D. M., Beveridge, I. and Walter, E. L. 1991. A catalogue of Australasian monotremes and marsupials and their recorded helminth parasites. Rec. Sth. Austral. Mus. Monogr., Ser. 1: 1-105.
Sukee, T., Beveridge, I., Koehler, A.V., Hall, R.S., Gasser, R.B., Jabbar, A. 2022. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Strongyloid Nematodes of Australasian Marsupials Based on Mitochondrial Protein Sequences. Animals 2022, 12, 2900. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12212900
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