Rev 12/17/2024
Siconema Timm, 1966
Type species of the genus:
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Genus characterized by having a pair of cephalic hooks
Per description of Siconema hirsutum:
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Ref: Ivanova et al., 2012
The most species-rich genus of the Superfamily Drilonematoidea. .Generally described from tropical and subtropical eathworms.
Parasites of the coelomic cavities of terrestrial oligochaetes of the superfamily Megascolicoidea. It predominates in pheretimoid oligochaetes native to South–East Asia and Australasia. Several pheretimoid earthworm species (Amynthas leucocircus, A. lignophilus, A. mucrorimus) are particularly susceptible to invasion of drilonematids and are hosts to several genera and families of nematode parasites (Spiridonov & Ivanova 2005)
Earthworms
Earthworms are the definitive and single hosts.