Spiculocaulus

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Strongyloidea

        Protostrongylidae

       
Spiculocaulus Schults, Orlov & Kutas, 1933

Type species of the genus: Spiculocaulus leuckarti Schults, Orlov & Kutas, 1933

Synonyms:

Protostrongylus Kamenskii, 1905

Spiculostrongylus Cameron, 1934
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Distribution:

Type species (Spiculocaulus leuckarti) described from domestic sheep (Ovis aries).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Spiculocaulus

 

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References:

Dougherty, E.C., Goble, F.C.  1946. The Genus Protostrongylus Kamenskii, 1905 (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae), and Its Relatives: Preliminary Note. J. Parasitol. 32:7-16.

Kamenskii S.N. 1905.  Sistematicheskoe polozhenie radov Metastrongylus Wost. i Protostrongylus g. n. sredi drugikh Strongylidae. Sborn. Trudov Khar'kov. Vet. Inst. 7:17-50.

 

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