''Trichuris navonae'' is parasite found in forest dwelling mice, ''
Akodon montensis'', in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
, specifically within the Paranaense Forest. To date, twenty-two ''
Trichuris
''Trichuris'' (synonym ''Trichocephalus''), often referred to as whipworms or the silent serpent (which typically refers to ''T. trichiura'' only in medicine, and to any other species in veterinary medicine), is a Genus–differentia definition, ...
'' species have been described.
Morphology
''Trichuris navonae'' has a long and narrow whip-like anterior body. Its posterior body is broad and hand-like. Males and females exhibit 1:1.2-1:1.4 ratio between anterior and posterior body length. ''T. navonae'' have several features that distinguish them as a distinct species. These distinguishable features include a cylindrical spicular sheath with sharp and fused spines, the absence of a spicular tube, and a non-protrusive vulva.
References
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Trichocephalida
Nematodes described in 2011