Elaphostrongylus
| Elaphostrongylus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Suborder: | Strongylida |
| Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea |
| Family: | Protostrongylidae |
| Subfamily: | Elaphostrongylinae |
| Genus: | Elaphostrongylus Cameron, 1931[1] |
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
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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
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