Family Molineidae

                                 Revised 01/19/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Molineoidea

           Molineidae (Skrjabin & Schultz, 1937) Durette-Desset & Chabaud, 1981

A family of gastro-intestinal parasites of  mammals including ruminant animals and raccoons; also amphibians.and reptiles.

Six subfamilies:

• Anoplostrongylinae - parasites of sloths, armadillos, bats
• Dromaeostrongylinae - parasites of flightless birds
• Mertensinematinae - parasites of reptiles and amphibians
• Molineinae - parasites of amphibians, reptiles, rodents, primates, bats, insectivores
• Nematodirinae - intestinal parasites of camels, rabbits, ruminants
• Ollulaninae - parasites of cats and pigs.

Characteristics:

• Buccal capsule reduced to annulus;
• cephalic vesicle present
• synlophe bilaterally symmetrical;
• bursa mainly of type 2--3, tending to 2-1-2;
• fmale didelphic (except Ollulanus and Murielus Dickmans, 1939);
• spine on tail or tail with numerous tubercles.

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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, 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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