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Hassalstrongylus lichtenfelsi

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Hassalstrongylus lichtenfelsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Heligmonellidae
Genus: Hassalstrongylus
Species:
H. lichtenfelsi
Binomial name
Hassalstrongylus lichtenfelsi
Durette-Desset, 1974

Hassalstrongylus lichtenfelsi is a nematode worm of the genus Hassalstrongylus that infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida.[1] The females cannot be distinguished from those of the other species in the marsh rice rat, H. forresteri and H. musculi.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Diaw, 1976, p. 1085
  2. ^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1

Literature cited

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  • Diaw, Oumar Talla, 1976. Contribution à l'étude de nematodes Trichostrongyloidea parasites de xenarthre, marsupiaux et rongeurs neotropicaux. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (Zoologie) 282:1065–1089. Open access icon
  • Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude, 1974. Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda: Heligmosomidae) néarctiques. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 49(4):435–450.
  • 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.