Nicollina

  

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
       Nicollinidae
                   
                  Nicollina Baylis, 1930
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    •       Type species of the genus:  Nicollina tachyglossi Barlis, 1930

        Synonyms:

    Nicollia Baylis, 1930

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    Ref: Baylis, 1930

    A characteristic of genus Nicollina:

    A synlophe with a small number of body ridges is considered a more primitive character within trichostrongyloid genera (Durette-Dusset, 1971)

     

     

    Females:

    • Didelphic
    • Vulva towards posterior end of body.

    Ref: Baylis, 1930

    Males:  

    • Bursa with symmetrical lateral lobes and without a distinct dorsal lobe.
    • Ventro-ventral and latero-ventral rays widely divergent, the former more slender than the latter. Medio-lateral and postero-lateral rays also rather widely divergent, the latter being more slender than the former. Externo-dorsal rays originate independently of the dorsal ray, near its base. Dorsal ray bifurcate at its tip and with a pair of accessory branches.
    • PrebursaI papillze present.
    • Spicules simple proximally, somewhat membranous and divided distally, with one of the terminations barbed or hooked.
    • An accessory piece present.

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    Distribution:

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    Feeding:

    Type species described as intestinal parasites of the Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

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    Biology and Ecology:

    Relationships within the family Nicollinidae are not well-defined.  In Australia, Durette-Desset and Beveridge (1981) hypothesized that the genus Copemania is probably derived from Nicollina and suggested that dasyurid marsupials had acquired the genus by host switching of nematodes already present in monotremes.

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    Life Cycle:

     

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    References:

    Baylis, H.A. 1930. Four new Trichostrongylid Nematodes from Queensland. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) vi. : 1-18.

    Baylis, H.A. 1930.  A Nomenclatural Correction. Tom. cit. p. 550

    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.

    Durette-Dusset, M-C. 1971. Essai de classification des nematodes heligmosomes. Correlations avec la paleobiogeographie des hotes. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, nIle ser., ser. A, Zoo!., 49 : 1-126.

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