Check List 18(4): 845-848, doi: 10.15560/18.4.845
Carolinensis minutus (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos 1937 (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) in Microtus agrestis in the United Kingdom
expand article infoJoseph A. Jackson‡, Ida M. Friberg‡
‡ University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Joseph A. Jackson ( j.a.jackson@salford.ac.uk )

Academic editor: Veronica Bueno
© Joseph A. Jackson, Ida M. Friberg.
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Citation: Jackson JA, Friberg IM (2022) Carolinensis minutus (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos 1937 (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) in Microtus agrestis in the United Kingdom. Check List 18(4): 845-848. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.845
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Abstract
The heligmonellid nematode Carolinensis minutus (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos, 1937 is recorded for the first time in Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) in the United Kingdom. Small heligmosomoid specimens were recovered from a M. agrestis vole inhabiting mole (Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758) tunnels in mid Wales. The identity of these specimens was confirmed as C. minutus by >99% nucleotide identity with internally transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS 2 sequences in French C. minutus. 
Keywords
Heligmosomoidea, Field Vole, rodent, European Mole, mole tunnel, transcriptome