Chisholmia		Contents		Rev: 03/31/2026
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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Chisholmia (Beveridge & Durette-Desset, 1992) Durette-Desset & Digiani, 2015

 

 Type species of genus: Chisholmia bainae (Beveridge & Durette-Desset, 1992) Durette-Desset & Digiani, 2015

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Morphology and Anatomy:

•  Synlophe with 16-22 ridges in both sexes. Ridges continuous. Careen absent. At least in proximal part of body, ridges slightly unequal in size, median to small. Left ridge distinct from ridge 1'. Left ridge smaller than right ridge. Ridges associated with right ridge and ventral-left ridges largest. Axis (es) of orientation oblique. Absence of cuticular dilatations.

Ref: Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2015

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Distribution:

Reported from Australia and Tasmania

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Chisholmia

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents

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References:

Durette-Desset, M-C. Digiani, M.C., 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) parasites of Muridae from the Australasian region. The genus Odilia Durette-Desset, 1973. Parasite 22:32

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 31, 2026.