Corollonema thylogale

Small nematodes; body with numerous transverse annulations;
Cephalic collar with two amphids and four domed, setigerous submedian cephalic papillae.
Mouth opening with leaf-crown of eight elements arising from the base of the buccal capsule;
Buccal capsule composed of two regions, anterior part with thin wall, posterior part reduced, surrounded by a thickened annulus.
Esophagus short; corpus slightly broader posteriorly; isthmus distinct; bulb globose without sclerotised thickenings of lining. Deirids anterior to bulb.

Male;

Bursa short, lobes distinct. Ventral rays apposed; externolateral ray divergent from and shorter than other laterals; externodorsal ray arises close to lateral trunk; dorsal ray with four branches.
Spicules elongate, alate, equal.
Gubernaculum poorly sclerotized.

Female:

Tail conical.
Vulva immediately anterior to anus.
Ovejector J-shaped.
Egg thin-shelled, ellipsoidal.

Ref: Beveridge and Chilton, 1998

Described from the stomachs of the pademelon marsupials, Thylogale thetis and T. stigmatica from south-eastern Queensland, Australia (Beverifge and Chilton, 1998).

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