Crenosoma

 

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Classification:

 

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Metastrongyloidea

        Crenosomatidae

       
Crenosoma Molin, 1861

 

    
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Feeding:

  Lung parasites of mammals

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References:

Deak, G., Ionica, A.M., Gherman, C.M., Mihalca, A.D. 2023. Diversity of Crenosoma species in mustelids with the first molecular characterization of C. melesi and C. petrowi. Front. Vet. Sci. Sec. Parasitology 10: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1094554

Stunzenas, V, Binkiene, R. 2020. Description of Crenosoma vismani n. sp., parasitic in the lungs of Lynx lynx (L.) (Carnivora: Felidae), with identification key to the species of the genus Crenosoma Molin, 1861 (Nematoda: Crenosomatidae) Systematic Parasitology 98:73-83.

 

 

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