Austrostrongylus		Contents		Rev: 02/19/2024
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Herpetostrongylidae

                   

                  Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924

 

      Type species of the genus:  Austrostrongylus macropodis Chandler, 1924

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Some significant characteristics of the genus:

• Two lateral body floats (?presumably cuticular expansions like alae?)
• Five ventral body ridges, two dorsal and one ventral ridge on the right float, and a left float without obvious ridges.
• Sclerotized genital cone absent

Ref: Beveridge and Durette-Desset, 1985

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Distribution:

Australia

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Feeding:

Type species reported as a parasite of the kangaroo, Macropus bennetti

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Beveridge, I. and Durette-Desset, M-C., 1985. Two new species of nematodes (Trichostrongyloides) from the marsupial mole Notoryctes typhlops (Stirling). Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4e ser., 7, section A, 2 : 341-347.

Chandler, A.C. 1924, A new Genus of Trichostrongylid Worms from the Kangaroo.- Parasitol. 16:160-163.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 19, 2024.