Cosmocercidae

[‚käz·mə′sər·sə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

A group of nematodes assigned to the suborder Oxyurina by some authorities and to the suborder Ascaridina by others.

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A new species of Cosmocercoides (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from a Gymnophthalmid lizard of Western Brazil.

On a new species of Cosmocerca (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from Microhyla rubra (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Bengal, India.

New records of Helminths in Reptiles from five states of Brazil/ Novos registros de helmintos em repteis de cinco estados do Brasil

schneideri, we found eight species of nematodes from six families: Rhabdiasidae: Rhabdias fuelleborni Travassos, 1926 and Rhabdias elegans Gutierrez, 1945; Molineidae: Oswaldocruzia proencai Ben Slimane & Durette-Desset, 1995; Cosmocercidae: Cosmocerca podicipinus Baker & vaucher, 1984 and Cosmocerca parva Travassos, 1925; Kathlaniidae: Falcaustra mascula (Rudolphi, 1819) Freitas & Lent, 1941; Ascarididae: Porrocaecum sp.

Family Cosmocercidae Travassos, 1925 Genus Cosmocerca Diesing, 1861 Cosmocerca podicipinus Baker & vaucher, 1984 The caudal portion of the males of this species was extensively detailed for Gonzalez and Hamann (2004), those that provided new morphologic information related to the structure of the plectanas and the adanal papillae.

Nematode parasites of two anuran species Rhinella schneideri (bufonidae) and scinax acuminatus (hylidae) from corrientes, Argentina

variabilis in his .monograph on the Cosmocercidae. Vanderburgh and Anderson (1987) demonstrated that these two species of Co smocercoides are distinct.

A contribution to the life cycle of Cosmocercoides in snails (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae).

Helminths of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana (Ranidae), in California with revisions to the California anuran helminth list

iguana Pharingodonidae species were the most prevalent and with high mean intensity and Cosmocercidae larvae occurs with low prevalence (5%) and high mean intensity (1.600).

Nematodes associated with Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata, Iguanidae) in Semi-arid areas of Northeastern Brazil/ Nematoda associados a Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Iguanidae) em areas do semi-arido do nordeste do Brasil

cuvieri specimens collected in NSV were parasitized by nematodes and an acanthocephalan: one Aplectana sp., 10 Cosmocerca parva Travassos, 1925 and 49 unidentified females of cosmocercids (Cosmocercidae), 17 Physaloptera sp.

Helminth parasite communities of two Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leiuperidae) populations under different conditions of habitat integrity in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil/Comunidade de helmintos parasitos de duas populacoes de Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leiuperidae) sob diferentes condicoes de integridade de habitat da Mata Atlantica, Brasil

To date, only two records of parasitism in the genus Pleurodema are available, all of these by nematodes of the family Cosmocercidae: Aplectana meriodionalis Lent and Freitas, 1948 infecting Pleurodema borellii Peracca, 1895 (Baker, 1980) and Oxyascaris oxyascaris Travassos, 1920 in P.

Helminths of the frog Pleurodema diplolister (Anura, Leiuperidae) from the Caatingain Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil