Missimstrongylus

Missimstrongylus	Contents	Rev: 05/18/2026
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Classification:

Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Rhabditina
Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
Heligmosomoidea: Heligmonellidae
Nippostrongylinae

Missimstrongylus Smales, 2018
Type species of genus: Missimstrongylus oweni Smales, 2018

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics:

Synlophe with continuous ridges, 14 in mid body male, ridges unequal in size, ridge 5ï¿½ largest, axis of orientation of ridges oblique, from ventral right to dorsal left, lacking a careen.
Bursa dissymmetrical, left lobe larger, dorsal lobe shorter than lateral lobes, bursal pattern 1-3-1.
Spicule to body length ratio 18-19%.
Parasites of murines, Rattini, from Papua New Guinea

Ref: Smales, 2018

Females:

Males:

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Missimstrongylus

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

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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., 2018. The gastrointestinal helminths of Rattus verucundus (sic) (Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of a new species (Heligmonellidae: Nematoda) from Papua New Guinea and a comment on the Rictulariidae (Nematoda) from the Sahul region. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 142:1-13.