Viannaia

  

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Rev: 12/17/2024

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligosomoidea
       Viannaiidae
                    Viannaiinae
                  Viannaia Travassos, 1914
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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    Species are characterized by having a synlophe with 3 sub-ventral cuticular ridges oriented from right to left, with the absence of lateral and dorsal cuticular ridges (Durette-Desset, 1983).

     

     

    Females:

    • Monodelphic

      
     

    Males:  

    •  cordiform bursa with a well-developed dorsal lobe, a long and robust dorsal ray, and short and robust ray 8

    Ref: Ramirez-Canas et al., 2021

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    Distribution:

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    Feeding:

    Intestinal parasites of south American marsupials (opossums), rodents and monkeys.

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    References:

    Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin.

    Durette-Desset, M. C. 1983. Keys to genera of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea. InKeys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. No. 10, R. C. Anderson and A. G. Chabaud (eds.). Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, U.K., p. 1�68. 

    Ramirez-Canas, S.A., Lopez-Cballero, J.D., Mata-Lopez, R. 2021. Morphological and molecular data eveal two new species of Viannia (Nematoda: Viannaiidae), parasitizing opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in Mexico. J. Parasiitol 107:388-403.

     

     
    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: December 17, 2024.