Durikainema
Genus of roundworms
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Durikainema is a genus of two nematodes in the family Robertdollfusiidae. Species have a head with a cuticular cephalic inflation, elongated papillae and amphids, and well-developed musculature. Characteristics of the males include a single spicule and a long attenuated tail. Durikainema species parasitize macropods.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1982 with the type species Durikainema macropi,[2] a parasite of the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). D. phascolarcti, parasite of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), was described in 1998.[3]
| Durikainema | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Muspiceida |
| Family: | Robertdollfusiidae |
| Genus: | Durikainema Spratt & Speare, 1982 |
| Type species | |
| Durikainema macropi Spratt & Speare, 1982 | |
| Species | |
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