Austraplectana

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Spirurina

Cosmocercoidea

                         Cosmocercidae

Cosmocercinae

                          Austraplectana Baker 1981

Type species of the genus: Austraplectana kartanum (Johnston & Mawsonm, 1941) Baker, 1981

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref:  Anderson et al., 1978; Bursey et al., 2011

 

  
 
 

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Distribution:

Two species described from Australia

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Austraplectana

Intestinal parasites of amphibians.

 
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Life Cycle:

Not well studied. Anderson (1992) suggested that the amphibian host becomes infected by third-stage larvae of cosmocercoid nematodes by either orally ingestion or by skin penetration.

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References:

Anderson, R.C., Chabaud, A.G., Willmott, S.  1978. CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Eds Anderson, R.C., Chabaud, A.G., Willmott, S. CAB

Anderson, R. C. 1992. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon. pp. 578

Baker, M.R. 1981. Austraplectana n. gen. (Cosmocercidae, Austraplectaninae n. sous-fam.), Nematode parasite d’Amphibiens australiens. Bulletin du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 3: 111-116.

Ni, X-F., Barton, D.P. Li, L. 2023. Austraplectana extranes sp. n. (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) from Australian amphibians Mixophyes carbinensis Mahony, Donnellan, Richards & McDonald (Anura: Myobatrachidae) and Rhinella marina (Linnaeus) (Anura: Bufonidae). Syst. Parasitol. 100:183-188.



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Revised: August 23, 2025.