Angiostoma margaretae

 

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Rev 12/17/2024

  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

          Chromadorea

              Rhabditia

                Rhabditida

Tylenchina

                  Rhabditoidea

                   Angiostomatidae

 

        Angiostoma margaretae Ross, Malan & Ivanova (2011)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Male:

Ref:  Ross et al., 2011

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Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Described from South Africa

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Feeding:

  Gastro-intestinal parasite of a slug. Obseved in the esophagus of the slug, Milax gagates, in Western Cape Province, South Africa.

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Biology and Ecology:

Angiostoma margaretae is morphologically similar to A. milacis Ivanova & Wilson, 2009, reported from a slug of the genus Milax in Britain.  Ross et al (2011) hypothesize differences between the species may have occurred since geographic isolation of Milax gagates, and its parasites, with the arrival of European settlers in South Africa during the 18th and 19th Centuries.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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References:

Ross, J.L., Ivanova, E.S., Spiridonov, S.E., Waeyenberge, L., Moens, M., Nicol, G.W., Wilson, M.J. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of slug-parasitic nematodes inferred from 18S rRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:738-743.

Ross, J.L., Malan, A.P., Ivanova, E.S. 2011. Angiostoma margaretae n. sp (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae), a parasite of the milacid slug Milax gagates Draparnaud collected near Caledon, South Africa. Syst Parasitol 79:71-76. DOI 10.1007/s11230-011-9294-y

 

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Revised: December 17, 2024.