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Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Spirurina

Cosmocercoidea

Atractidae

                          Buckleyatractis Khalil & Gibbons, 1988

Type species of the genus:  Buckleyatractis marinkelli Khalil & Gibbons, 1988

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Genus characterized by the nature and arrangement of the spines on the body, especially the dorsal crest which is restricted to the cervical region and formed of three longitudinal rows of large spines.

• Body elongate, attenuated with spines of different shapes and sizes in diffrenet areas.
• Large crest of 3 rows of dorsal spines restricted to cervical region.
• 2 large pairs of spines on ventral cervical region and rows of smaller spines in posterior region of body.
• Mouth with 3 bilobed lips; dorsal with 2 papillae, subventrals with 1 papilla and amphid.
• Esophagus with muscular anterior and glandular posterior
• Excretory pore large, posterior to esophagus.

	Buckleyatractis marinkelli Anterior showing cervical crest.  Scale bar 380 um SEM from Khalil and Gibbons, 1988
Buckleyatractis marinkelli 10: anterior; 11: en face; 12: excretory pore, ventral view; 13: Gubernaculum ventro-lateral, ventral, lateral; 14: larva dissected from female. Drawings from Khalil and Gibbons, 1988
Males:   Spicules unequal Gubernaculum present 10 pairs of caudal papillae	Females: Vulva just anterior to anus Monodelphic? Viviparous Ref: Khalil and Gibbons, 1988
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

Collected from the large intestine of freshwater turtles in Colombia.

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Feeding:

Parasites of large intestine of freshwater turtles, genus Podocnemis.

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References:

Khalil, L.F., Gibbons, L.M. 1988. Two nematodes, Paratractis hystrix (Diesing, 1851) and Buckleyatractis marinkelli n. g., n. sp. (Atractidae: Cosmocercoidea) from Podocnemis spp. in Colombia. Systematic Parasitology 12:187-198.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 13, 2025.