Equilophos		Contents		Rev: 05/14/2026
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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Equilophos Durette-Desset & Digiani, 2015

 

 Type species of genus: Equilophos polyrhabdote (Mawson, 1961) Durette-Desset & Digiani, 2015

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Synlophe with 35-36 ridges in both sexes. Ridges continuous. Careen absent. Ridges small, of similar size, except mid-right ridges, minute. Axis of orientation almost subfrontal.

Ref: Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2015

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Distribution:

Reported from Australia

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Equilophos

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents. Reported from Melomys rufescens (Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2023)

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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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

Durette-Desset, M-C. Digiani, M.C., 2023. Revision of the genera of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda, Heligmosomoidea), parasitic in Muridae from New Guinea. Parasite 2023 Dec 20;30:63. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2023058

Mawson, P. 1961. Trichostrongyles from rodents in Queensland, with comments on the genus Longistriata (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 6:791-826

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 14, 2026.