Physaloptera
| Physaloptera | |
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| Physaloptera ngoci, male caudal extremity [1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Spirurida |
| Family: | Physalopteridae |
| Genus: | Physaloptera |
| Species | |
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Physaloptera ngoci, scanning electron microscopy
Physaloptera is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Physalopteridae. Species include:
- Physaloptera dilatata[2]
- Physaloptera dispar[3]
- Physaloptera hispida[4]
- Physaloptera losseni[2]
- Physaloptera maxillaris[5]
- Physaloptera murisbrasiliensis[4]
- Physaloptera ngoci [1]
Undescribed or unidentified species have been found on the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the southern United States,[4] the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida,[7] and Leontopithecus rosalia, Physalaemus soaresi, Cacajao calvus, and Lagothrix lagotricha in Brazil.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 Veciana, Marina; Chaisiri, Kittiponk; Morand, Serge; Miquel, Jordi; Ribas, Alexis (2013). "New biogeographical and morphological information on Physaloptera ngoci Le-Van-Hoa, 1961 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in South-east Asian rodents". Parasite 20: 23. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013023. ISSN 1776-1042.
- 1 2 3 4 Muniz-Pereira et al., 2009, p. 11
- ↑ Santana et al., 2010, p. 106
- 1 2 3 Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
- ↑ Dragoo and Sheffield, 2009, p. 5
- ↑ Mirzayans, 1971
- ↑ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
Literature cited
- Dragoo, J.W. and Sheffield, S.R. 2009. Conepatus leuconotus (Carnivora: Mephitidae). Mammalian Species 827:1–8.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
- Mirzayans, A. 1971. Incidence of gastrointestinal helminths of domestic cats in the Teheran area of Iran. The Journal of Parasitology 57(6):1296.
- Muniz-Pereira, L.C., Vieira, F.M. and Luque, J.L. 2009. Checklist of helminth parasites of threatened vertebrate species from Brazil. Zootaxa 2123:1–45.
- Santana, E.M., Jantz, H.E. and Best, T.L. 2010. Atelerix albiventris (Erinaceomorpha: Erinaceidae). Mammalian Species 42(857):99–110.
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