Dracunculus insignis		Contents		Rev 02/22/2024
Guinea Worm		Classification		Hosts
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

 Rhabditida 

                               Spirurina

                                  Dracunculoidea

Dracunculidae

 

           

Dracunculus insignis (Leidy, 1856) Chandler, 1942

Dracunculus insignis has been used as a model system for investigating methods of eradicating or controlling D. medinensis.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 Differentiated from D. medinensis by the number and arrangement of genital papillae and length of the gubernaculum in males.  However, males are difficult to find.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

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Distribution:

Found parasitizing raccoons, minks, opossums, cats, dogs in the USA and Canada.

 

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Dracunculus insignis is parasitic, feeding on the blood of its vertebrate host.  

 

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Hosts:

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

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Damage:

 

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Management:

 

 

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References:

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 22, 2024.