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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Helgenema Smales, 2020

 

 Type speciesof genus: Helgenema keablei Smales. 2020

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Synlophe  well  developed  with  11-15  pointed  longitudinal  continuous  ridges. 
• Cuticle  with  dilatation  on  left  side  supported  anteriorly  by  large  left  dorso-lateral  ridge. Axis  of orientation sub frontal.
• Parasites of rodents of the family Muridae

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Distribution:

Type species described from small intestine of Paramelomys levipes (Muridae) from Papua New Guinea

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Helgenema

Gastro-intestinal parasites of murid rodents

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Smales, L.. 2020. Gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys levipes and P. mollis (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the descriptions of three new genera and nine new species (Nematoda). Zootaxa 4861:544-572.

M.-C. Durette-Desset ^{∗}, ,  ,  I. Beveridge ^{â€ÂÂ}  ,  D.M. Spratt ^{‡}

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 25, 2025.