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Heterakis dahomensis was described in 1911 as a parasite of the Gambian giant rat (Cricetomys gambianus) from Benin (Africa), subsequently synonymized to H. spumosa by Hall (1916). The study of helminths in African rodents is scarce and patchy. Since the original description of H. dahomensis, there have been only a few reports from Africa of species belonging to the genus Heterakis and the validity of this species has never in fact been confirmed or rejected. In the present study individual Heterakis spp. were collected from C. gambianus from Senegal. The morphological data taken point to differences between Heterakis dahomensis and H. spumosa, specifically in the number of tail papillae in males and in the vulva cuticular processes of females. In addition, molecular data revealed differences between these taxa and so H. dahomensis should be considered as a valid species. Moreover, recent changes in the systematics of the genus Cricetomys mean that it is now necessary to study the morphology and genetics of the Heterakis specimens collected from Cricetomys spp. (previously assigned to C. gambianus) in order to determine their taxonomic status as either H. dahomensis o H. spumosa.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2478\/s11686-013-0156-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,28]],"date-time":"2013-08-28T11:27:00Z","timestamp":1377689220000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Morphometrical and genetic comparison of two nematode species: H. spumosa and H. dahomensis (Nematoda, Heterakidae)"],"prefix":"10.2478","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Alexis","family":"Ribas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J\u00f6elle","family":"Bellocq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Albert","family":"Ros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Papa","family":"Ndiaye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jordi","family":"Miquel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","reference":[{"key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"113","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182000014591","article-title":"A collection of nematode parasites from Zanzibar http dx doi org","volume":"15","author":"Boulenger","year":"1923","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref271","first-page":"299","article-title":"Heterakis pandei n sp from the intestine of Rattus rattus of Lucknow India of","volume":"6","author":"Tewari","year":"1982","journal-title":"Indian Journal Parasitology"},{"key":"ref151","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00007385.http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/BF00007385","article-title":"and Mammalakinae n subfam : parasites of mole rats and Systematic","volume":"16","author":"Inglis","year":"1991","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref141","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"431","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182000027773","article-title":"On the family Parasubuluridae ( van den Berghe and the subfamily Numidicinae http dx doi org","volume":"45","author":"Inglis","year":"1955","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref291","first-page":"19","article-title":"Helminths of small mammals in a forest zone of Southern Nigeria","volume":"28","author":"Ugbomoiko","year":"1991","journal-title":"Helminthologia"},{"key":"ref51","first-page":"71","article-title":"Keys to genera of the superfamilies Cosmocercoidea Seuratoidea Heterakoidea and Subuloroidea CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates No Edited by and Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux Royal UK","author":"Chabaud","year":"1978","journal-title":"pp"},{"key":"ref111","first-page":"29","article-title":"Nematode parasites of vertebrates VII On two new species of the genus Heterakis Dujardin Heterakidae Railliet from mammals of Udaipur Rajasthan India of","volume":"34","author":"Gupta","year":"1982","journal-title":"Indian Journal Helminthology"},{"key":"ref201","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"700","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1096-3642.2012.00823.x","article-title":"Taxonomy of the African giant pouched rats : molecular and craniometric evidence support an unexpected high species diversity of the Linnean http dx doi org","volume":"21","author":"Olayemi","year":"2012","journal-title":"Zoological Journal Society"},{"key":"ref301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"647","DOI":"10.3161\/000345410X550517","article-title":"Molecular identification of Heterakis spumosa Schneider with comparative analysis of its occurrence in two mice species http dx doi org","volume":"31","author":"Zale\u015bny","year":"2010","journal-title":"Annales Zoologici"},{"key":"ref221","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"145","DOI":"10.1654\/4277.1","article-title":"New morphological details and first records of Heterakis spumosa and Syphacia muris from Argentina Comparative http dx doi org","volume":"23","author":"Robles","year":"2008","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref281","first-page":"107","article-title":"Helminth parasites of wild populations of the black rat Rattus rattus from urban rural residential and other ecological areas of Nigeria","volume":"34","author":"Udonsi","year":"1989","journal-title":"Acta Parasitologica Polonica"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"280","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182000011707","article-title":"On a collection of nematodes from Nigerian mammals ( chiefly rodents ) http dx doi org","volume":"20","author":"Baylis","year":"1928","journal-title":"Parasitology"},{"key":"ref71","first-page":"1082","article-title":"Ecto and gut parasitic fauna of the African giant rat Cricetomys gambianus in a semi - 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