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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Brevistriatinae

                  Brevistriata Travassos, 1937

 

 Type species of genus: Brevistriata skrjabini (Schulz & Lubimov, 1932) Travassos, 1937

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle with longitudinal and transverse striations arranged on ventral side as short elongate plaques with transverse striations, arranged quincunxially as in Calypsostrongylus

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Brevistriata

Gastro-intestinal parasites squirrels and other rodents

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Schmidt, G.D., Myers, B.J., Kuntz, R.E. 1967. Nematode parasites of Oceanica 1. Brevistriata sundasciuri sp.n. and Calypsostrongylus ogdeni gen. et sp. n. (Heligmosomatidae: Longistriatinae) from squirrels of Palawan and Taiwan. J. Parasitology 53:613-617.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 30, 2026.