Rodentocaulus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Metarongyloidea

        Angiostrongylidae

       
Rodentocaulus Schulz, Orlov & Kutass, 1933

Type species of the genus: Rodentocaulus ondatrae Schulz, Orlov & Kutass, 1933

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Distribution:

Type species described from Moscow, Russia from the common mustrat (Ondatra zibethicus). (Cowie, 2019).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Rodentocaulus

 

Intermediiate hosts uncknown

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References:

Cowie, R.H. 2019. Annotated catalogue of species of Angiostrongylus and the related genera Gallegostrongylus, Rodentocaulus and Stefanskostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea, Angiostrongylidae). Journal of Helminthology 93, 389-423.

Schulz, R.E., Orlov, I.W. and Kutass, A.J. 1933. Zur Systematik der Subfamilie Synthetocaulinae Skrj. 1932 nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Gattungen
und Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 102, 303�310.
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Revised by Howard Ferris: September 03, 2026.

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