Family Physalopteridae
Revised
02/18/25
Spirurina
Physalopteroidea
Physalopteridae
Leiper, 1908 (?or Railliet, 1893)
- A family of nematode parasites of fish, lizards and snakes
with insects as intermediate hosts.
- Head cuticle refleted to form a cephslic collar
- Mouth with 2 lateral lips, each with a median
conical tooth and a small subdorsal and subventral tooth
- Esophagus with smaller mucular anterior and a large
glandular posterior.
Ref: Ogden, 1969.
References
Bursey, C,R. and Brooks, D.R.
2011.
Nematode parasites of Costa Rican snakes (Serpentes) with description of a new
species of Abbreviata (Physalopteridae).
Comparative Parasitology 78:333–358.
Ogden, C.G. 1969. A revision of the genus Heliconema
Travassos, 1919, Physalopteridae (Nematoda). Journal of Natural History,
3:423-431.
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