Family Heteroxynematidae

                                 Revised 06/01/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Order Rhabditida

             Heteroxynematidae Skryabin & Shikhobalova, 1948

• A family of pinworm nematodes that are mainly parasites of  rodents in Nearctic and Palearctic regions, and some occur in birds from the Americas (Petter and Quentin, 1974).
• Life cycle monoxeneous.

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References

Anderson, R.C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Their Development and Transmission, 2nd edition. CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 672 p

Petter, A., and J.C. Quentin. 1974. Keys to the genera of the Oxyuroidea. In R.C. Anderson, A. Chabaud, and S. Willmott, eds. CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Volume 4. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, England, United Kingdom.

Weaver, H.J. 2024. Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms. Chapter 52 in  S. L. Gardner and S. A. Gardner, eds. Concepts in Animal Parasitology. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. doi:10.32873/unl.dc.ciap052

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