Paramelomystrongylus

Paramelomystrongylus	Contents	Rev: 05/18/2026
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Classification:

Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Rhabditina
Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
Heligmosomoidea: Heligmonellidae
Nippostrongylinae

Paramelomystrongylus Smales, 2020
Type species of genus: Paramelomystrongylus dessetae Smales, 2020

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics:

Synlophe well developed, with 13-16 pointed longitudinal ridges, dorsal ridges continuous, ventral ridges disrupted. Careen supported by 2 hypertrophied ridges, left ventral ridge largest; ridges unequal in size, ridges supporting carene (sic) and ridges associated with right lateral side largest. Axis of orientation of ridges sub frontal.
Bursal pattern 2-3. Dorsal ray divided within distal half. Spicule to body length ratio 15%. Parasites of uromyin murids

Ref: Smales, 2020

Females:

Males:

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

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paramelomystrongylus

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents. Species reported from Paramelomys mollis (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., 2020. Gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys levipes and P. mollis (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua Indonesia and Papua Guinea and the descriptions of three new genera and nine new species (Nematoda). Zootaxa, 4861:544-572.