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Classification:

Nematoda

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

  Rhabditina

   Molineoidea

    Mackerrastrongylidae

Mackerrastrongylus Mawson, 1960

Type species of the genus Mackerrastrongylus peramelis (Johnston and Mawson, 1938) Mawson, 1960

Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Smales and Chisholm, 2024

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Distribution:

Australia and Papua New Guinea

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Mackerrastrongylus

 Intestinal parasites of marsupials

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Johnston, T. H., and P. M. Mawson. 1939. Sundry nematodes from eastern Australian marsupials. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63:204-209.

Mawson, P. M. 1960. Nematodes belonging to the Trichostrongylidae,Subuluridae, Rhabdiasidae and Trichuridae from bandicoots. Australian Journal of Zoology 8:261-284

Smales, L.R., Chisholm, L.A. 2024. Helminths from Echymipera kalubu, the Common Echymipera, (Peramelidae: Echymiperinae) from Papua New Guinea, with the Description of Owenema mikosi n. g., n. sp. (Ascaridida: Seuratidae) and Physaloptera echymipera n. sp. (Spirurida: Physaloptera). Comp. Parasitol. 91:44-54

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Revised by Howard Ferris: October 01, 2026.

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