Viguiera

 

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Rhabditida
Spirurina
              Habronematoidea
               Habronematidae

Viguiera Seurat, 1913

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

 

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Distribution:

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:

Parasites of birds.

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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.

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

 

 

 

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 20, 2024.