Capillaria gastrica
Appearance
Capillaria gastrica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Enoplida |
Family: | Capillariidae |
Genus: | Capillaria |
Species: | C. gastrica
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Binomial name | |
Capillaria gastrica Baylis, 1926
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Capillaria gastrica is a parasitic nematode in the genus Capillaria. Among the known host species are the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)[1] and deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Literature cited
[edit]- 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.
- Pulido-Flores, G., Moreno-Flores, S. and Monks, S. 2005. Helminths of rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) from Metztitlán, San Cristóbal, and Rancho Santa Elena, Hidalgo, Mexico (subscription required). Comparative Parasitology 72(2):186–192.