Biology:Odilia (nematode)

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Short description: Genus of roundworms

Odilia
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Synlophes of species of Odilia
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Nippostrongylinae
Genus:
Odilia

Durette-Desset, 1973
Type species
Odilia mackerrasae
(Mawson, 1961)
Species

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Odilia is a genus of nematode worms established by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1973[1] that infect mostly murid rodents of the Australasian region (species of Melomys, Rattus and Uromys from mainland Australia and Tasmania.[2]

Species include:[2]

  • Odilia brachybursa (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Australia)
  • Odilia emanuelae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Rattus, Australia)
  • Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia) – type species
  • Odilia melomyos (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia)
  • Odilia tasmaniensis Gibbons & Spratt, 1995 (Host: Rattus, Tasmania)

References

  1. Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude (1973). "Note rectificative sur le genre Austrostrongylus (Nématode)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 48 (3): 517–518. doi:10.1051/parasite/1973483517. ISSN 0003-4150.  open access
  2. 2.0 2.1 Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude; Digiani, María Celina (2015). "Taxonomic revision of the Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) parasites of Muridae from the Australasian region. The genus Odilia Durette-Desset, 1973". Parasite 22: 32. doi:10.1051/parasite/2015032. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 26598025.  open access

Wikidata ☰ Q22286533 entry