Family Heterakidae

Revised 10/04/21

• A family of nematodes that are mainly parasites of amphibians and reptiles; also some birds and rodents..
• males with well developed caudal alae supported by pedunculate papillae
• precloacal sucker with chitinous rim
• cervical cordons absent
• Gubernaculum absent

References

Guo-Hua Liu G-H., Steven A. Nadler, Shan-Shan Liu, Magdalena Podolska4 Stefano D’Amelio, Renfu Shao, Robin B.Gasser & Xing-Quan Zhu. 2016. Mitochondrial Phylogenomics yields Strongly Supported Hypotheses for Ascaridomorph Nematodes.Nature Scientific Reports 6:Article number: 39248

Inglis, W.G. 1957. The comparative anatomy and systematic significance of the head in the nematode family Heterakidae. Proc. Zoological Society of London 128:133-143.

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