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Classification:

Phylum:  Nematoda
Class:    Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Order:    Rhabditida 

Superfamily:  Strongyloidea

Family:  Chabertiidae

Subfamily: Phascolostrongylinae

Torquenema Sukee, Beveridge & Jabbar, 2021

Type species of the genus Torquenema toraliforme (Beveridge and Mawson, 1978), Sukee, Beveridge & Jabbar, 2021

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Robust nematodes.
• Cephalic collar large, disc-shaped, extending peripherally beyond body; collar pierced by four sub-conical, sub-median papillae and two lateral amphids;
• Mouth opening circular; buccal capsule sub-cylindrical, heavily sclerotised; anterior extremity with about.25 triangular projections forming leaf crown.
• Teeth absent in buccal capsule, duct of dorsal oesophageal gland pierces wall of buccal capsule at mid-length, divides internally to form Y-shaped dorsal gutter.
• Esophagus clavate; nerve ring in anterior third of oesophagus;
• Deirid papillate, posterior to nerve ring; excretory pore at same level as deirid. 
  

• Male: Spicules elongate,. alate

  Female: Vulva immediately anterior to anus; Ovejector Y-shaped; eggs ellipsoidal.

Ref: Sukee et al., 2021

Torquenema toraliforme. a: anterior, lateral view; b: cephal;ic collare and buccal capsule, dorsal and lateral views. Scale bars: a: 100 um; b: 10 um Drawings from Sukee et al., 2021

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

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Distribution:

Reported in  macropodid marsupials in Victoria, Australia

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Economic Importance:

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Hosts:

Parasitic in the intestine of Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)..

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Torquenema

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

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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