Revised 02/27/24
Mackerrastrongylidae (Inglis, 1968) Durette-Desset & Chabaud, 1981
Parasites of Australian monotremes, including platypus and echidna, and carnivorous marsupials.
Two subfamilies:
Monotremes and marsupials.
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. and Cassone, J. 1983: A taxonomic revision of the trichostrongyloid nematode parasites of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata). Aust. J. Zool. 31: 257-284.
Durette, M-C. and Chabaud, A.G. 1981. Nouvel essaide classification des Nematodes Trichostrongyloidea. Annales de Parasitol humaine et comparee 56:297-312.
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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