Nippostrongylus smalesae

 

Contents

 

Rev: 10/19/2024

  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
Return to Nippostrongylus Menu Economic Importance Ecosystem Functions and Services
Distribution Management
Return to Helligmonellidae Menu Feeding  References
    Go to Nemaplex Main Menu   Go to Dictionary of Terminology

Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
  
     Rhabditida
           Rhabditina
             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
       Helligmonellidae
                    Nippostyrongylinae
       Nippostrongylus smalesae Hasegawa, Dewi, Fitriana & Asakawa, 2017.

    Synonyms:
     

Back to Top

Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic
  • Vulva posterior, about 120 um from tail tip.
  • Cuticle distended at prevulval level forming small prepuce in some worms.
  • Tail conical with blunt end.
     

  
   


Males:  

  • Bursa asymmetric with larger right lobe partly folding over dorsal lobe. See original description for detail;s of bursal rays.
  • Differs from all other Nippostrongylus spp. by having the ray 3 widely diverged distally from the ray 4 in the left lobe of bursa.
  • Spicules alate, similar in length, distally united, not strongly twisted, to form pointed end,
  •  Gubernaculum small

Ref: Hasegawa et al., 2017



Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

Back to Top

Distribution:

Collected from the small intestine of Maxomys whiteheadi (Rodentia: Muridae) from Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia. A nematode with similar characteristic was collected from Niviventer cremoriventer in Bukit Soeharto, Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Back to Top

Economic Importance:

 

 

Back to Top

Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of parasites of murines. rodents of the family Muridae, Old World rats and mice.: Maxomys whiteheadi and, probably, Niviventer cremoriventer.

Back to Top

Biology and Ecology:

Back to Top

Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters
Back to Top

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Back to Top

Management:

 
Back to Top

References:

Hasegawa, H., Dewi, K., Fitriana, Y., Asakawa, M. 2017.  Nippostrongylus smalesae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) collected from Maxomys whiteheadi (Rodentia: Muridae) of Sumatra, Indonesia.  Zootaxa 4323:579-585.

 

Back to Top

 

Copyright