Globocephalus		Contents		Rev 05/12/2026
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Classification:

Phylum:  Nematoda
Class:    Chromadorea
Order:    Rhabditida 

Superfamily:  Ancylostomatoidea

Family:  Ancylostomatidae

Subfamily: Ancylostominae

Globocephalus Molin, 1861

Type species of the genus: Globocephalus longemucronatus Molin, 1861

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body rather stout, uticle thick with cuticular transverse striation,
• Mouth directed anterodorsally. Buccal capsule subglobular, with very stout walls, without cutting plates or teeth at the margin, but with a pair of large bicuspid subventral buccal lancets near the base of the capsule
• Vulva near mid-body

Ref: Kagei et al., 1984; Ahn et al., 2015

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

Genus has a worldwide distribution although some species, including G. samoensis, may be more restricted in their distribution (Ahn et al., 2015).

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Economic Importance:

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Hosts:

Domestic and wild pigs

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Globocephalus

Gastro-intestinal parasites of masmmals of domestic and wild swine.

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Life Cycle:

Lifecycle is direct.  Host infection by either ingestion or, perhaps, skin penetration (Ahn et al., 2015).

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Damage:

Heavy infections cause anemia.

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Management:

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References:

Ahn, K-S., Ahn, A-J., Kim, T-H., Suh, G-H., Joo, K-W., Shin, S-S., 2015. Identification and Prevalence of Globocephalus samoensis (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) among Wild Boars (Sus scrofa coreanus) from Southwestern Regions of Korea. Korean J. Parasitol. 53:611-618.

Kagei, N., Uga, S., Gondo, M. 1984. On Globocephalus samoensis and G. longemucronatus of wild boar from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Japan J. Parasitol. 33:211-214.

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