Biology:Elaphostrongylus
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Short description: Genus of roundworms
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| Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea
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| Family: | Protostrongylidae
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| Subfamily: | Elaphostrongylinae
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| Genus: | Elaphostrongylus Cameron, 1931[1]
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Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.[2]
Species
- Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931
- Elaphostrongylus panticola Lubinov, 1945
- Elaphostrongylus rangiferi Mitskevich, 1958
- Elaphostrongylus alces Steen et al., 1989
Life cycle
Intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. are terrestrial gastropods and they include:
- Limax cinereoniger[2]
- Malacolimax tenellus[2]
- Succinea spp.[2]
- Vitrina pellucida[2]
- Zonitoides nitidus[2]
Experimental hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. can also be freshwater snails.[2] For example Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi.[3]
Elaphostrongylus spp. causes cerebral nematodiasis.[2] Definitive host include Cervidae: moose Alces alces,[2] Cervus elaphus and reindeer Rangifer tarandus.
References
- ↑ Cameron (1931). J. Helminth. 9: 213.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
- ↑ Skorping A. (1985). "Lymnea stagnalis as experimental intermediate host for Elaphostrongylus rangiferi". Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 71: 265-270.
Wikidata ☰ Q5353490 entry
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