Aspidoderidae

Family Aspidoderidae

Revised 01/12/26

Nematoda
Chromadorea
    Rhabditida
     Spirurina
       Heterakoidea
Aspidoderidae Skrjabin and Schikhobalova, 1947
A family of nematode intestinal parasites of mammals of the orders Edentata (anteaters, aramadillos, sloths), Marsupiala (marsupials),, and Rodentia (rodents). 


   

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References

Guo-Hua Liu G-H., Steven A. Nadler, Shan-Shan Liu, Magdalena Podolska Stefano D’Amelio, Renfu Shao, Robin B.Gasser & Xing-Quan Zhu. 2016. Mitochondrial Phylogenomics yields Strongly Supported Hypotheses for Ascaridomorph Nematodes.Nature Scientific Reports 6:Article number: 39248

Jimenez-Ruiz, F. A.; Gardner, S.L.Varela-Stokes, A.S. 2006. Aspidoderidae from North America, with the Description of a New Species of Aspidodera (Nematoda: Heterakoidea). J. Parasitol. 92:847-854.

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