Heligmonella		Contents		Rev: 01/23/2024
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Heligmonellinae

                  Heligmonella Monnig, 1927

 

      

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Strongylidae are thought to have arisen from free-living rhabditoid nematodes (Durette-Dusset et al., 1994)

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Distribution:

The subfamily Heligmonellinae considered to have an African origin, rats and other rodents are frequent hosts (Durette-Desset et al., 1994)

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Feeding:

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents and lagomorphs.

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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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., Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M. 1994. The origins and evolutionary expansion of the Strongylida (Nematoda). Int. J. Parasitol. 24:1139-1165.

M.-C. Durette-Desset ^∗, ,  ,  I. Beveridge ^† ,  D.M. Spratt ^‡

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 23, 2024.