Durikainema

Durikainema is a genus of two nematodes in the family Robertdollfusiidae. Species have a head with a cuticular cephalic inflation, elongated papillae and amphids, and well-developed musculature. Characteristics of the males include a single spicule and a long attenuated tail. Durikainema species parasitize macropods.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1982 with the type species Durikainema macropi,^[2] a parasite of the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). D. phascolarcti, parasite of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), was described in 1998.^[3]

Durikainema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Order:	Muspiceida
Family:	Robertdollfusiidae
Genus:	Durikainema Spratt & Speare, 1982
Type species
Durikainema macropi Spratt & Speare, 1982
Species
D. macropi D. phascolarcti