Paraheligmonella cubaensis male
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)
Synlophe of Paraheligmonella cubaensis male
Caudal bursa of Paraheligmonella cubaensis male.
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Classification
Generality of the parasite
Whole body
- Length of the body : 3001 to 4000 µm
- Width of the nematode at midbody : 101 to 125 µm ; 126 to 150 µm
Cephalic characters
- Presence of cephalic vesicle : Yes
- Width of the cephalic vesicle (in middle) : 21 to 30 µm ; 31 to 40 µm
- Number of internal labial papillae : 6
- Number of external labial papillae : 2 to 4
- Presence of cephalic papillae : ?
- Length of the cephalic vesicle : 41 to 50 µm ; 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 : 401 to 450 µm ; 451 to 500 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 : Longitudinal ridges
- Number of dorsal ridges at midbody : 1 to 5
- Disappearance of the cuticular ridges in the female : non applicable
- Disappearance of the cuticular ridges in the male : In front of the caudal bursa
- 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 : non applicable
- Length of egg : non applicable
- Width of egg : non applicable
- Number of egg : non applicable
- Length of vestibule : non applicable
- Sex of the nematode : Male
- Length of vagina vera : non applicable
- Length of the tail : non applicable
- Position of the vulva from the posterior end : non applicable
- Length of anterior sphincter : non applicable
- Length of anterior uterus : non applicable
- Presence caudal pointed tail : non applicable
- Length of anterior infundibulum : non applicable
Reproductive tract of the male
- Sex of the nematode : Male
- Height of the division of the dorsal ray : Average third
- Length of the rays 9 in ratio to the rays 10 : 9>10
- Diagram of rays 2 to 6 (left lobe) : non applicable
- Disposition of types of bursal arrangements in lateral lobes : similar diagram left ant right
- Length of rays 2 to 6 : 2<3 ; 3>4 ; 4 = 5 ; 5>6
- Birth of rays 8 : On thedorsal ray
- Length of the rigth spicule : 201 to 300 µm ; 301 to 400 µm
- Length of the left spicule : 201 to 300 µm ; 301 to 400 µm
- Shape of the spicules : Sharp ; Winged
- Number of tips of the spicules : 1
- Shape of the genital cone : Large
- Length of genital cone : <25 µm
- Presence of papilla 0 on anterior lip of genital cone : ?
- Presence of papillae 7 on posterior lip of genital cone : No
- Presence of gubernaculum : Yes
- Width of gubernaculum : 11 to 20 µm
- 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 : Indistinct
- Diagram of basic pattern of the caudal bursa (lobes left and right are symmetric) : Type 1-4
- Tendency of the diagram ( lobes left and right are symmetric) : Tendency 1-3-1
- Tendency of diagram (left lobe) : non applicable
- Tendency of diagram (right lobe) : non applicable
- Presence of the prebursal rays (= rays 1) : No
- Approaching rays 5 to 6 : No
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Ratio length between ray 8 and dorsal ray : Dorsal ray
- Position of the rays 9 : After the division
- Form of gubernaculum : Well marked: rectangular form
- Length of gubernaculum : 31 to 40 µm ; 41 to 50 µm
- Symmetry of the caudal bursa : Symmetric