Yatinema		Contents		Rev: 07/21/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Yatinema Asakawa & Ohbayashi, 1986

      

Type species of the genus: Yatinema japonicum Asakawa & Ohbayashi, 1986

    Genus name derived from  Japanese word "yati-nezumi" meaning field mouse.

Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Small nematodes (2-3 mm long)
• Number of ridges of synlophe usually fewer than 20; angle of axis of ridges from sagittal axis 37-64 degrees.
• Intestinal parasites of Oriental Cricetidae (a family of rodents).

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Distribution:

Genus descibed from a species collected at Umaji Village, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Yatinema

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Biology and Ecology:

Intestinal parasites of Muridae (mice, rats, gerbils and other rodents).

Type host of the genus Japanese voles: Eothenomys smithi Thomas

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Asakawa, M., Ohbayashi, M. 1986. A new nematode, Yatinema japonicum gen. et sp. n. (Heligmonellidae: Nematoda) from voles, Eothenomys smithi Thomas and E. niigatae (Anderson). Japanese J. Vet. Res. 34:7-23.   D.M. Spratt ^{‡}

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 21, 2025.