Wallabicola		Contents		Rev 10/04/2024
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Classification

Phylum:  Nematoda
Class:    Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Order:    Rhabditida 

Superfamily:  Strongyloidea

Family:  Chabertiidae

Subfamily: Phascolostrongylinae

Wallabicola

Type species of the genus Wallabicola dissimilis (Johnston and Mawson, 1939), Sukee, Beveridge & Jabbar, 2021`

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Robust nematodes.
• Anterior extremity offset slightly ventrally;
• Cephalic collar prominent, pierced by four sub-conical, sub-median papillae and two lateral amphids;
• Mouth opening elongated laterally; four triangular sub-median teeth on anterior wall of buccal capsule which is sub-cylindrical and heavily sclerotized;
• Duct of dorsal esophageal gland runs within wall of buccal capsule; at mid-length, divides internally forming Y-shaped dorsal gutter.
• Eesophagus clavate; nerve ring in anterior third of esophagus; deirid papillate, at level of nerve ring; excretory at pore same level as deirid and nerve ring.

Male:

• Spicules elongate, alate.

Female:

• Vulva immediately anterior to anus; ovejector J-shaped.

Ref: Sukee et al., 2021

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

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Distribution

Parasitic in macropodid marsupials (wallabies); described from Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales

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Economic Importance:

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Hosts:

Parasitic in stomacch of the swamp wallaby, Wallaby bicolor.

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Feeding

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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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