Family: Skrjabingylidae

Revised 02/27/24

Classification:
 

   Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Metastrogyloidea

Skrjabingylidae (Skrjabin, 1933) Delyamure & Kontrimavichus, 1976

Parasites of nasal cavities of mustelids (carnivorous mammals weasels, badgers, ferrets, etc.).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Buccal capsule vestigial; mouth without lips;
• bursa modified to form lateral fleshy lobes with papillae replacing rays, dorsal lobe reduced;
• vulva at mid-region of body;
• ovoviviparous.

Biology and Life Cycle:

 Gastropod molluscs are intermediate hosts  (Anderson, 2000).

References:

Anderson, R. C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Their Development and Transmission. CABI, Wallingford.

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., 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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