Citellonema kinsellai

  

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Rev: 03/24/2026

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
  
     Rhabditida
           Rhabditina
             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
      Heligmosomidae
                    Heligmosominae
       Citellonema kinsellai Alnaqeb, Galbreath, Koehler, Campbell & Jimenez, 2022

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  •  Vulva at about 83% of body length from anterior.
  •   Ovejector containing mature and immature eggs 5
  • Tail average 100 um long with 18um caudal spine.
     

  
   


Males:  

  • Spicules sub-equal, proximal end vase-shaped transitions into a cylindrical shaft; right spicule 12.8% of body length, left spicule 4.4% of body length.
  • Bursa is asymmetrical with 2-3 arrangement. Dorsal ray divided at about mid-length into 2 branches.
  • Genital cone with 2 prominent lyre-shaped papillae

Ref: Alnaqeb et al (2022)


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

 
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Distribution:

Described from small intestine of red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in British Columbia, Canada (Alnaqeb et al., 2022)

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Feeding:

Parasite of small intestine

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References:

Alnaqeb, H., Galbreath, K.E., Koehler, A.V., Campbell, M.L., Jimenex, F.A.  2022. Citellinema (Nematoda: Heligmosomidae) from North America with descriptions of 2 new species from the red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus and 1 from the Canadian woodchuck, Marmota monax. Parasitology 149:1199-1218. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0031182022000737

 

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