Viguiera

Viguiera	Contents	Rev: 05/22/2025
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Spirurina
Habronematoidea
Habronematidae

Viguiera Seurat, 1913

Type species of the genus: Viguiera euryoptera Seurat, 1913

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

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Males:

Viguiera spp. are parasites of birds; reported from bird gizzards. Speies of this nematodes have a wide host range, occurring widely among three speciesa of Hawaiian honeycreepers Cid et al., 1985).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Viguiera

Parasites of birds.

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

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References:

Cid del Prado Vera, I., Maggenti, A.R., Van Riper III, C. 1985. New species of Spiruridae (Nemata: Spirurida) from endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers (Passeriformes: Drepanididae), the Japanese white-eye (Passeriformes: Zosteropidae) and a new species of Acuariidae (Nemata: Spirurida) from Japanese white-eye collected on the island of Hawaii. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 52:247-259.

Nandi, A.P. 2005. Data on the morphology of Viguiera dicrurusi Gupta, 1960 (Nematoda: Habronematidae) with notes on related forms. Folia Parasitologica 52:261-266.

Seurat, L.G. 1914. Sur un nouveau spiroptiere des rapaces C.R. Soc. Biol. 76:21.