Physalopteroides Wu & Liu 1940
- Dataset
- Gastrointestinal helminths of nine species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, one species from Cambodia and Thailand and two species from Vietnam
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Nematoda
- class
- Chromadorea
- order
- Spirurida
- family
- Physalopteridae
- genus
- Physalopteroides
discussion
are common in the Southern Hemisphere and are known from Africa, South America, Australia, South America and also Cuba (Baker 1987). Physalopteroides sp. in C. peninsularis is a new host record. Physalopteridae gen. sp. include three subfamilies which occur in the stomachs of reptiles, birds and mammals, where they firmly attach to the gastric mucosa; only species in the Physalopterinae have been studied (Chabaud 1975). Encysted physalopterid larvae are common in the digestive tracts of reptiles (Jones 1995). As development to the adult does not occur, infected reptiles serve as paratenic (transport) hosts. Physalopteridae in C. limi and C. nuicamensis are new host records.
Name
- Homonyms
- Physalopteroides Wu & Liu 1940