Family Roberdollfusidae

Rev. 12/27/23

Enoplea

Dorylaimia

Muspiceida

Muspeceina

Muspiceoidea

Roberdollfusidae Chabaud & Campana, 1950

• Animal parasitic species - birds and marsupials

• Small nematodes

• Parasites of skin, eyes, vascular systems and muscles of vertebrates - birds, kangaroos, wallabies, reindeer, humans.

• Head with or without cuticular striation, papillae or bristles.

• Alimentary tract obscure

• Vulva  near mid-body, juveniles retained in uterine sac; viviparous.

• Males, when present, have a single spicule. Unknown in some genera.

Genera:

• Durikainema Spratt & Speare, 1982
• Encephalonema Parukhin & Oshmarin, 1960
• Haycocknema Spratt, Beveridge, Andrews & Dennett, 1999
• Lapponema Bain & Nikander, 1982
• Robertdollfusa Chabaud & Campana, 1950

The genera Haycocknema and Durakinema are amphimictic; Lapponema and Robertdollfusa are protandrous hermaphrodites (Spratt, 1999)

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References:

• Spratt, D.M 2013. Muspiceida. In Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa (Ed) Nematoda
• Spratt, D.M., Beveridge, I., Andrews, J.R.H., and Dennett, X. 1999. Haycocknema perplexum n.g. n.sp. (Nematoda: Robertdollfusidae) an intramyofibre parasite in man. Systematic Parasitology 43:123-131.

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