Biology:Hassalstrongylus forresteri

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Short description: Species of roundworm

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

Hassalstrongylus forresteri is a nematode worm of the genus Hassalstrongylus that infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in the United States. It was first described as Hassalstrongylus musculi by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1972, but she later recognized it as a different species, H. forresteri.[1] The females cannot be distinguished from those of the other species in the marsh rice rat, H. musculi and H. lichtenfelsi.[2]

See also

  • List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

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

Literature cited

Wikidata ☰ Q16982792 entry