Heligmonella

 

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Rev: 12/17/2024

  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligosomoidea
       Heligmonellidae
                    Heligmonellinae
                  Heligmonella Monnig, 1927
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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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    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.

     

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    Revised: December 17, 2024.