Gongylonema


Gongylonema is a genus of thread-like nematode that was described by Molin in 1857. It is the only currently valid genus in the family Gongylonematidae, though the mysterious Spiruroides – usually placed in the Subuluridae, which are not closely related to Gongylonema among the Spiruria – might actually belong here. They are parasites of birds and mammals, transmitted by insects. Some 38 species are known, about 12 of which have been recorded in Europe.
Several species are significant parasites of domestic animals, causing gongylonemiasis. Human infection by these nematodes is very rare: since its discovery fewer than 100 people have been reported to be infected with these parasites, always with the species G. pulchrum.

Species

Gongylonema aegypti Ashour & Lewis, 1986Gongylonema aequispicularis Kadenazii, 1957Gongylonema alecturae Johnston & Mawson, 1942Gongylonema baylisi Freitas & Lent, 1937Gongylonema beveridgei Mawson, 1971Gongylonema brevispiculum Seurat, 1914 Gongylonema caucasica Kurashvili, 1941Gongylonema confusum Sonsino, 1896Gongylonema congolense Fain, 1955Gongylonema dipodomysi Kruidenier & Peebles, 1958Gongylonema dupuisi Quentin, 1965Gongylonema fotedari Gupta & Trivedi, 1986Gongylonema graberi Barre, 1980Gongylonema ingluvicola Ransom, 1904Gongylonema longispiculum Schulz, 1927Gongylonema macrogubernaculum Lubimov, 1931Gongylonema madeleinensis Diouf, Bâ, Marchand & Vassiliadès, 1997Gongylonema marsupialis Vaz & Pereira, 1934Gongylonema mesasiatica Sultanov, 1961Gongylonema metopidiusi Gupta & Kumar, 1977Gongylonema mexicanum Caballero & Zerecero, 1944Gongylonema minimum Molin, 1857Gongylonema monnigiGongylonema mucronatum Seurat, 1916Gongylonema musculi Rudolphi, 1819Gongylonema neoplasticum Fibiger & Ditlevsen, 1914Gongylonema pacoi Hernandez & Gutierrez, 1992 Gongylonema pithyusensis Mas-Coma, 1977 Gongylonema problematicum Schulz, 1924Gongylonema pulchrum Molin, 1857Gongylonema rodhaini Fain, 1948Gongylonema saimirisi Artigas, 1933Gongylonema soricis Fain, 1955Gongylonema spalacis Schulz, 1927Gongylonema verrucosum Giles, 1892