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Spirurida
Article By:
Maggenti, Armand R. Division of Nematology, University of California, Davis, California.
Otto, Gilbert F. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
Last reviewed:June 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.757376
An order of parasitic nematodes in which the labial region is most frequently provided with two lateral labia or pseudolabia. In some taxa of Spirurida, there are four or more lips; rarely lips are absent. Because of the variability in lip number, there is variation in the shape of the oral opening, which may or may not may be surrounded by teeth. The amphids are most often laterally located; however, in some taxa, they may be located immediately posterior to the labia or pseudolabia. The stoma may be cylindrical and elongate or rudimentary. The esophagus is generally divisible into an anterior muscular portion and an elongate swollen posterior glandular region, where the multinucleate glands are located. Eclosion larvae are usually provided with a cephalic spine or hook and a porelike phasmid on the tail.
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