Cyclostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes. Species are oesophageal parasites of wallabies in Australia.[1]

Cyclostrongylus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Chabertiidae
Genus: Cyclostrongylus
Johnston & Mawson, 1939
Species
Synonyms

Oesophagonastes Mawson, 1965

Cyclostrongylus alatus and Cyclostrongylus perplexus are parasites of Macropus rufogriseus, the red-necked wallaby.

References

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  1. ^ Phylogenetic relationships of species of the oesophageal parasitic nematode genera Cyclostrongylus and Spirostrongylus (Strongyloidea: Chabertiidae: Cloacininae) with their wallaby hosts (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Neil B. Chilton, Florence Huby-Chilton, Anson V. Koehler, Robin B. Gasser and Ian Beveridge; Molecular and Cellular Probes, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2016, Pages 93–99, doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2016.01.004
  • Strongyle nematodes from Queensland marsupials. TH Johnston, PM Mawson - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 1939
  • Some nematodes from Victorian and Western Australian marsupials. TH Johnston, PM Mawson - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 1939
  • The genus Cyclostrongylus Johnston & Mawson (Nematoda Trichonematidae). P M Mawson, Transactions of The Royal Society of South Australia 1977 101, pages 19–20
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