Maxomystrongylus yasumai

 

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Rev: 10/19/2024

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
  
     Rhabditida
           Rhabditina
             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
       Helligmonellidae
                    Nippostyrongylinae
       Maxomystrongylus yasumai Hasegawa & Syaffrudin 1997

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic
  • Vulva posterior, 110um from tail terminus
  • Vagina vera with elongated right side forming horn-shaped diverticulum
  • Tail conical with moderately pointed terminus.
     

  
   


Males:  

  •  Bursa asymmetrical: dorsoventral height larger in right lobe and lateral width much larger in left lobe, and dorsal and ventral incisions present;  Ray 1 minute, at level of gubernaculum). Bursal rays characteristic of species (see refernce source for details)..
  •  Spicules equal length, alate, joined at distal ends and abruptly bent dorsally, about 14% of body length

Ref: Hasegawa and Syaffrudin, 1997



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Distribution:

Collected from the small intestine of Maxomys whiteheadi (Rodentia: Muridae) from East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Also from Rattus rattus diardii and Niviventer cremoniventer in the same locality.

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Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of parasites of murines. rodents of the family Muridae, Old World rats and mice.

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Hasegawa, H. and Syaffrudin 1997. Maxomystrongylus yasumai gen. and sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina: Heligmonellidae) Collected from Murid Rodents in Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 64:263-268.

 

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