Pancreatonema		Contents		Rev: 06/02/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Thelazioidea

                   Rhabdochonidae

 

            Pancreatonema McVicar & Gibson, 1975.

Type species of the genus: Pancreatonema torriensis  McVicar & Gibson, 1975 

Parasites of fish, including sharks..

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Pancreatonema

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Biology and Ecology:

Pancreatonema americanum causes pancreatic lesions in spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias L.

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References:

Borucinska J.D., Frasca Jr., S. 2002. Pancreatic fibrosis and ductal ectasia associated with the nematode Pancreatonema americanum sp. nov., in spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias L., from the north-western Atlantic. J. Fish Diseases 25:367-370.

McVicar A.H. and Gibson D.I. 1975  Pancreatonema torriensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the pancreatic duct of Raja naevus. International Journal of Parasitology 5:529-535.

Moravec F., Borucinska J.D. and Frasca S. Jr 2001 Pancreatonema americanum sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the pancreatic duct of the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias, from the coast of Massachusetts, USA. Acta Parasitologica 46, 293–298.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 02, 2025.