A Survey of the Nematode Parasites of the Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae) from Southwestern Australia with the Description of a New Subfamily, Genus and Species of the Subuluridae Travassos, 1914 (Nematoda: Ascaridida).

Morphological analysis supports the status of E. coronorum as a new species and the erection of the Echidnonematinae as a new subfamily to accommodate it. The helminth community of the population of short-beaked echidnas studied appears to be depauperate and contains species unique to the region.