Family Herpetostrongylidae

                                 Revised 01/14/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Heligmosomoidea

Herpetostrongylidae (Skrjabin & Schulz, 1937) Durrete-Desset & Chabaud, 1981

Primarily intestinal parasites of pythons and other snakes, also of some Australian marsupials.

Two Subfamilies:

• Globocephaloidinae - buccal capsule with 6 lips - intestinal parasites of Australian marsupials.
• Herpetostrongylinae - buccal capsule without lips - intestinal parasites of snakes and of marsupials
• Buccal capsule well-developed;
• cephalic vesicle present with dorsal esophageal tooth and six lips (Herpetostrongylinae) or absent with two jaw-like structures (Globocephaloidinae)
• bursa of various types;
• synlophe with left ventral ridges only or with both dorsal and ventral ridges and axis of orientation with frontal or oblique inclination, or lacking; careen absent;
• female didelphic or monodelphic;
•  female tail with or without spine.

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References

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., Hugot, J.P., Darlu, P. and Chabaud, A.G. 1999. A cladistic analysis of the Trichostrongyloidea. Int. Jour. Parasitol. 21:579-587.

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