''Trichuris navonae'' is parasite found in forest dwelling mice, '' Akodon montensis'', in

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, specifically within the Paranaense Forest. To date, twenty-two ''

Trichuris ''Trichuris'', often referred to as whipworms (which typically refers to ''T. trichiura'' only in medicine, and to any other species in veterinary medicine), is a genus of parasitic worms from the roundworm family Trichuridae, which are helmin ...

'' 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

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q7841098 Trichocephalida Nematodes described in 2011