Poekilostrongylus

Poekilostrongylus	Contents	Rev: 05/26/2026
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Classification:

Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Rhabditina
Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
Molineoidea: Molineidae
Molineinae

Poekilostrongylus Schmidt & Whittaker, 1975
Type species of the genus: Poekilostrongylus puertoricensis Schmidt & Whittaker, 1975

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

General charcteristics:

Synlophe absent
Alae absent

Females:

Ref: Willkens et al., 2025

Males:

Spicules divided into 3 branches: 1 long external lateral and 2 short internal.
Caudal bursa with thick dorsal ray forming a pointed dorsal lobe.

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Poekilostrongylus

Life Cycle:

Probably direct

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Schmidt, G.F. and Whittaker, F.H. 1975. Nematode parasites of Puerto Rican tree frogs Eleutherodactylus spp.: two new species and a proposal of Poekilostrongylus gen. nov (Trichostrongylidae). Parasitology 70: 287-294.

Slimane, B.B., Chabaud , A.G., and Durette-Desset, M.C. 1996. Les nematodes trichostrongylina parasites dâ€™amphibiens et de reptiles: problemes taxonomiques, phyletiques et biogeographiques. Systematic Parasitology 35:179-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009639

Willkens, Y., Santos, J.N., Melo, F.T.V.V. 2025. Molineid nematodes of amphibians and reptiles: A checklist of Caribbean, Panamanian, and Neotropical species and notes on their biology and host associations. Parasitology 153:169-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182025101364