Rodentanema		Contents		Rev: 05/18/2026
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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Rodentanema Smales, 2016

 Type species of genus: Rodentanema aeningma Smales, 2016

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics:

• Synlophe well developed with 6-7 continuous pointed longitudinal ridges mid body. Buccal capsule relatively well developed, without lips or teeth. Cephalic vesicle present. Bursa dissymmetrical, right lobe larger, dorsal lobe short; pattern of lateral rays 1-4; dorsal ray divided close to distal end.
• Spicules simple, filiform.
• Female monodelphic; small number eggs in utero; tail without terminal spike.
• Parasites of murine rodents indigenous to the island of New Guinea 

Ref: Smales. 2016

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Distribution:

Reported from Papua New Guinea

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Rodentanema

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents. Species reported from Rattus niobe (Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2023).

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References:

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

Smales, L.R., 2016. The gastrointestinal helminths of Rattus niobe (Rodentia: Muridae) with descriptions of two new genera and three new species (Nematoda) from Papua New Guinea and Papua Indonesia. Zootaxa, 4117:183-197.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 18, 2026.