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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Creagrocercidae

        Creagrocercus Baylis, 1943

      

Type species of the genus: Creagrocercus barbatus Baylis, 1943

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Creagrocercus

Parasites of earthworms, including the faamily Glossoscolecidae.

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References:

Ivanova E.S., Spiridonov S.E. 2011. Two new species of creagrocercid nematodes parasitic in earthworms, with comments on the phylogenetic affiliations of the Creagrocercidae Baylis, 1943. Systematic Parasitology 78: 81-94.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 27, 2025.