Order Muspiceida

Rev. 08/03/20

Muspiceida Bain and Chabaud, 1959

• Animal parasitic species

• Small nematodes

• Parasites of skin, eyes, vascular systems and muscles of vertebrates

• Intestine is replaced by a trophosome as in the Mermithida

References:

• Spratt, D.M 2013. Muspiceida. In Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa (Ed) Nematoda

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