Family: Strongylacanthidae

Revised 04/05/24

Classification:
 

   Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Molineoidea

           Strongylacanthidae (Yorke & Maplestone, 1926) Chabaud, 1960

Primarily parasites of bats

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Buccal cavity deviated vetrally with conspicuous paired intrabuccal teeth (=hooks).extending from ventral surface of cavity;
• synlophe absent;
• bursa of type 3-2;
•  female didelphic
• female with spine and tubercles on tail.

Distribution

Economic Importance:

Hosts:

Bats

Feeding

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Damage:

Management:

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

Chabaud, A.G. 1959. Remarques sur la sytematiques des Nematodes Trichostrongyloidea. Bull de Soc. Zool. de France 84:473-483.

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.

Yorke, W. and Maplestone, P. A. 1926. The Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Churchill & Sons, London

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