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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Oxyuroidea

                   Pharyngodonidae

 

            Pharyngodon (Dujardin, 1845) Diesing, 1861

Type species of the genus: Pharyngodon spinicauda (Dujardin, 1845) Diesing, 1861

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Morphology and Anatomy:

See Pharyngodon novaeguineae for example of morphology

Ref: Bursey et al., 2008

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Distribution:

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Intestinal parsites of reptile and amphibian hosts.

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Hosts:

Reptiles (lizards, geckos) and amphibians.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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References:

Bursey, C.R. and Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Two new species of Pharyngodonidae (Nematoda: Oxyuroidea) and other nematodes in Agama caudaospina (Squamata: Agamidae) from Kenya, Africa J. Parsitol. 91:591-599.

Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R., Kraus, F. 2008. A new species of Pharyngodon (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) and other helminths in Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Acta Parasitologica, 2008, 53: 41-45. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0005-z

Diesing K.M. 1861. Revision der Nematoden. Sitzungsberichte der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, 42:595-763.

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Revised: February 23, 2024.