Protorhabditis		Contents		Rev 09/13/2023
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Rhabditidae

Rhabditinae

       

Protorhabditis (Osche, 1952) Dougherty, 1953

Type species of the genus: Rhabditis (Protorhabditis) xylocola Korner, 195

    Synonyms

Distorhabditiss Shah, Vaid, Hussain & Ahmad, 2015 (per Sudhaus, 2023).

Note: Two clades recognized: Oxyuroides clade and Xylocola clode

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Of the various genera, Rhabditella axei has been reported associated with urinary infections in humans and in fecal material from chickens (Feng & Li, 1950; Goldsmid, 1967; El-Axay et al, 1988).

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Feeding:

  Bacterivore

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Abolafia, J and Pena-Santiago, R. 2007. Nematodes of the Order Rhabditida from Andalucia Oriental, Spain. The genera Protorhabditis (Osche, 1952) Dougherty, 1953 and Diploscapter Cobb, 1913, with description of P. spiculocrestata sp. n. and a species Protorhabditis key. Journal of Nematology, 39:263-274

El-Azazy, O.M.E., El-Gawady, H.M., Nada, M.S. 1988. The occurrence of Rhabditis (Rhabditella) axei in the faeces of a chicken in Egypt. J. Helminthology 62:219-220.

Feng. L.C., Li, F. 1950. Two human cases of urinary infection with Rhabditella axei (Cobbold, 1884) Chitwood, 1933. Peking Natural History Bulletin 18:1`95-202.

Goldsmid, J.M. 1967. Rhabditis (Rhabditella) axei in the urine of an African in Rhodesia. J. Helminthology 41:305-308.

Sudhaus, W. 2023. An update of the catalogue of paraphyletic ‘Rhabditidae’ (Nematoda) after eleven years. Soil Organisms 95: 95-116

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 13, 2023.