Revised 05/18/26
Lungworms
| Recent Clessification | Alternative Classification | Relationships among species, genera, and even families, within the Nematoda are becoming clearer as morphological, morphometric, and life history features are considered along with molecular-based phylogenies. However, there remain differences of opinion among experts regarding classifications above the family level. Such differences are apparent in the classification in the Order Strongylida or the consideration of suborders of the Strongylida as suborders of the Rhabditida. |
| Rhabditida | Strongylida | |
| Rhabditina | Trichostrongylina | |
| Rhabditomorpha | ||
| Heligmosomoidea | Heligmosomoidea | |
Heligmosomoidea(Cram, 1927) Durette-Desset & Chabaud, 1993
Nematodes of the superfamily Helgmosomoidea include nematodes in the families:
The morphological criteria used in the identification of a trichostrongyle rely essentially on characters of the synlophe and, to a lesser degree, of the bursa (Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2023).
Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M. and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin
Durette-Desset, M-C. Digiani, M.C., 2023. Revision of the genera of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda, Heligmosomoidea), parasitic in Muridae from New Guinea. Parasite 2023 Dec 20;30:63. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2023058