Biology:Litomosoides scotti
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Short description: Species of roundworm
Litomosoides scotti | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Onchocercidae |
Genus: | Litomosoides |
Species: | L. scotti
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Binomial name | |
Litomosoides scotti Forrester and Kinsella, 1973
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Litomosoides scotti is a parasitic nematode in the genus Litomosoides. First described in 1973, it infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and is known from a saltwater marsh at Cedar Key, Florida.[1]
See also
- List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
References
- ↑ Forrester and Kinsella, 1973; Kinsella, 1988, table 1
Literature cited
- Forrester, D.J. and Kinsella, J.M. 1973. Comparative morphology and ecology of two species of Litomosoides (Nematoda: Filarioidea) of rodents in Florida, with a key to the species of Litomosoides Chandler, 1931 (subscription required). International Journal for Parasitology 3(2):255–263.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q6648663 entry
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