Paraheligmonella cubaensis female
Super-family : Heligmosomoidea
Family : Heligmonellidae
Sub-family : Heligmonellinae
Synonymy :
= Longistriata cubaensis, Vigueras, 1943
Author and date : (Vigueras, 1943) Durette-Desset, 1971
Parasite of Capromys pilorides, Echimyidae, Mammalia
Locality : Jamaica, Provincia de La Havana (Cuba);
Location : small intestine
Collection : some specimen in Muséum National d'histoire naturelle
Reference : Vigueras, 1943. Publicaccion de la Universita de la Havana, 46-47-48: 1-15. (Personal reference H681)
Barus and Rysavy, 1967. Folia Parasitologica, 14: 335-347 (Personal reference N4113)
Durette-Desset, 1971. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Zoologie 69:125p. (Personal reference n°48)
Durette-Desset, 1972. Bulletin du museum national d'histoire naturelle, Zoologie, 42: 501-508
Capromys pilorides.(Host)
Capromys pilorides.(Host)
Anterior part of Paraheligmonella cubaensis , lateral view
Anterior end of Paraheligmonella cubaensis female
Synlophe of Paraheligmonella cubaensis female
Posterior end of Paraheligmonella cubaensis female
Posterior end of Paraheligmonella cubaensis female.
Posterior end of Paraheligmonella cubaensis female, right lateral view.
Classification
Generality of the parasite
Whole body
- Length of the body : 3001 to 4000 µm ; 4001 to 5000 µm
- Width of the nematode at midbody : 101 to 125 µm ; 126 to 150 µm ; 151 to 175 µm
Cephalic characters
- Presence of cephalic vesicle : Yes
- Width of the cephalic vesicle (in middle) : 31 to 40 µm ; 41 to 50 µm
- Number of internal labial papillae : 6
- Number of external labial papillae : 2 to 4
- Presence of cephalic papillae : ?
- Length of the cephalic vesicle : 51 to 60 µm ; 61 to 70 µm
Anterior part
- Position of the nervous ring from the anterior end : 201 to 250 µm
- Position of the excretory pore from the anterior end : 251 to 300 µm
- Position of deirides from the anterior end : 251 to 300 µm
- Length of the oesophagus : 501 to 550 µm ; 551 to 600 µm ; 601 to 650 µm
- Ratio length of the oesophagus over the total length : 11 to 15%
- Excretory glands : ?
Synlophe at midbody
- Number of cuticular ridges at midbody : 11 to 15
- Size of ridges : 1 to 10 µm ; 11 to 20 µm
- Axis of orientation of the synlophe : 1 axis
- Right axis : non applicable
- Left axis : non applicable
- Appearance of ridges : On the posterior edge of the cephalic vesicle
- Nature of the ridges : Discontinuous ridges ; Longitudinal ridges
- Number of dorsal ridges at midbody : 1 to 5
- Disappearance of the cuticular ridges in the female : Before reaching the vulva ; At level of the vulva ; Between vulva and anus
- Disappearance of the cuticular ridges in the male : non applicable
- Only a general axis : 51 to 60°
- Number of ventral ridges at midbody : 6 to 10
- Presence of a gradient of size of the cuticular ridges : Gradient on both dorsal and ventral faces
Reproductive tract of the female
- Presence of egg : Yes
- Length of egg : 51 to 60 µm
- Width of egg : 26 to30 µm ; 31 to 35 µm ; 36 to 40 µm
- Number of egg : ?
- Length of vestibule : 51 to 100 µm
- Sex of the nematode : Female
- Length of vagina vera : 31 to 40 µm
- Length of the tail : <40 µm ; 41 to 60 µm
- Position of the vulva from the posterior end : 51 to 100 µm ; 101 to 150 µm
- Length of anterior sphincter : 21 to 30 µm ; 31 to 40µm
- Length of anterior uterus : ?
- Presence caudal pointed tail : No
- Length of anterior infundibulum : ?
Reproductive tract of the male
- Sex of the nematode : Female
- Height of the division of the dorsal ray : non applicable
- Length of the rays 9 in ratio to the rays 10 : non applicable
- Diagram of rays 2 to 6 (left lobe) : non applicable
- Disposition of types of bursal arrangements in lateral lobes : non applicable
- Length of rays 2 to 6 : non applicable
- Birth of rays 8 : non applicable
- Length of the rigth spicule : non applicable
- Length of the left spicule : non applicable
- Shape of the spicules : non applicable
- Number of tips of the spicules : non applicable
- Shape of the genital cone : non applicable
- Length of genital cone : non applicable
- Presence of papilla 0 on anterior lip of genital cone : non applicable
- Presence of papillae 7 on posterior lip of genital cone : non applicable
- Presence of gubernaculum : non applicable
- Width of gubernaculum : non applicable
- Asymmetry of the caudal bursa : non applicable
- Height of the asymmetry : non applicable
- Width of asymmetry : non applicable
- Diagram of rays 2 to 6 (right lobe) : non applicable
- Dorsal lobe visible : non applicable
- Diagram of basic pattern of the caudal bursa (lobes left and right are symmetric) : non applicable
- Tendency of the diagram ( lobes left and right are symmetric) : non applicable
- Tendency of diagram (left lobe) : non applicable
- Tendency of diagram (right lobe) : non applicable
- Presence of the prebursal rays (= rays 1) : non applicable
- Approaching rays 5 to 6 : non applicable
- Ratio length between ray 8 and dorsal ray : non applicable
- Position of the rays 9 : non applicable
- Form of gubernaculum : non applicable
- Length of gubernaculum : non applicable
- Symmetry of the caudal bursa : non applicable