Rev 10/04/2024
Phylum: Nematoda Class: Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Order: Rhabditida
Superfamily: Strongyloidea
Family: Chabertiidae
Subfamily: Phascolostrongylinae
Torquenema
Type species of the genus Torquenema toraliforme (Beveridge and Mawson, 1978), Sukee, Beveridge & Jabbar, 2021
Synonyms:
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Female:
Ref: Sukee et al., 2021
Reported in macropodid marsupials in Victoria, Australia
Parasitic in the intestine of Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)..
Sukee, T.; Beveridge, I.; Jabbar, A. 2021. Torquenema n. g., Wallabicola n. g., and Macropostrongyloides phascolomys n. sp.: New Genera and a New Species of Nematode (Strongylida: Phascolostrongylinae) Parasitic in Australian Macropodid and Vombatid Marsupials. Animals 2021, 11, 175. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ani11010175
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