Syphacia maxomyos

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Pinworm; Threadworm Classification    
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina
                          Oxyuroidea
                   Oxyuridae
Syphaciinae
 
  •             Syphacia maxomyos Dewi, Hasegawa, Fitriana & Asakawa, 2015
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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    General characteristics:

    Male:

    Female:

    Ref: Dewi et al., 2015

       
     

     

    Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

     

     
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    Distribution:

    Described from type host Maxomys musschenbroekii (Musschenbroek’s spiny rat) from Sulawesi, Indonesia

     
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    Feeding:

    Intestinal parasites., caecum.

          
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    Hosts:

    Considered to have evolved with their hosdts and to be host-genus specific. Known hosts are Maxomys musschenbroekii (Musschenbroek’s spiny rat)  and Maxomys whiteheadi (Dewi et al., 2015, Hugot, 1988)

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    Life Cycle:

     

    Ecophysiological Parameters:

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    Damage:

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    Management:

     
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    References:

    Dewi, K., Hasegawa, H., Fitriana, Y,S., Asakawa, M. 2015. Syphacia (Syphacia) maxomyos sp. n. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from Maxomys spp. (Rodentia: Muridae) from Sulawesi and Sumatra, Indonesia. ; J. Vet. Med. Sci. 77:1217-1222.

    Hugot, J. P. 1988. Les Nematodes Syphaciinae, parasites de Rongeurs et de Lagomorphes. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Ser. A. 141: 1-148.

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    Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: October 21, 2024.