Globocephaloides

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Classification:

Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Rhabditina
Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
Heligmosomoidea: Herpetostrongylidae
Globocephaloidinae

Globocephaloides Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Type species of the genus: Globocephaloides macropodis Yorke & Maplestone, 1926

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Small, coiled nematodes.
Oral opening slit-like, bounded by 2 lateral jaw-like structures; mandibles.
Buccal capsule urceolate (urn-shaped), not subdivided, approximately as wide as long.
Large single dorsal tooth and 2 small subventral teeth arising from esophagus.
Dorsal oesophageal gland opens at apex of dorsal tooth.
Esophagus elongate, clavate.

Females:

Vulva posterior to mid-body
Amphidelphic; vagina with paired ovejectors; vaginae uterinae short, uteri sac-like, opposed.
Egg thin-shelled, ellipsoidal; embryo 2-celled when egg laid.

Ref: Beveridge, 1979

Males:

Bursa well developed, lateral lobes elongate, fused with ventral lobes; dorsal lobe greatly reduced. Ventroventral and ventrolateral rays separate; lateral rays subequal; externodorsal ray slender; dorsal ray very short, branched at extremity.
Gubernaculum absent.
Spicules short, similar, heavily sclerotized, com- plex, subdivided distally,

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Distribution:

Australia

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Globocephaloides

Intestinal parasites of macropodid marsupials (kangaroos and wallabies)

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Beveridge, I. 1979. A Review of the Globocephaloidinae Inglis (Nematoda : Amidostomatidae) from Macropodid Marsupials. Aust. J. Zool. 27:151-175.

Yorke, W., and Maplestone, P. A. 1926. The Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Churchill, London.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 12, 2026.