Popovastrongylus		Contents		Rev 07/22/2026
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Phylum:  Nematoda
Class:    Chromadorea
Order:    Rhabditida 

Superfamily:  Strongyloidea

Family:  Chabertiidae

Subfamily: Cloacininae

Popovastrongylus Johnston & Mawson, 1940

Type species of the genus Popovastrongylus pearsoni Johnston & Mawson, 1940

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Males:

Females:

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

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Distribution:

Reported from the red kangaroo, Osphranter rufus and wallaroo, O. robustus in Australia (Beveridge 2020a,b.

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Economic Importance:

Parasites of marsupials

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Hosts:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Popovastrongylus

Gastrointestinal parasite of marsupials

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Beveridge, I. 2020a. Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the red kangaroo, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) and their regional
distribution. Trans. Royal Soc. South Australia. 144:2, 200-214, DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1839371

Beveridge, I. 2020b. Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the common wallaroo or euro, Osphranter robustus (Gould) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from Australia. Journal of Helminthology 94, e114, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X19001032

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