| Hassalstrongylus lichtenfelsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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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Literature cited
- 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.
- 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.
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