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Capillaria gastrica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Adenophorea

Order
  
Trichurida

Scientific name
  
Capillaria gastrica

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Subclass
  
Enoplia

Family
  
Trichinellidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Gongylonema, Capillaria hepatica, Capillaria aerophila, Capillaria, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Capillaria gastrica is a parasitic nematode in the genus Capillaria. Among the known host species are the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).

Literature cited

  • Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
  • Pulido-Flores, G., Moreno-Flores, S. and Monks, S. 2005. Helminths of rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) from Metztitlán, San Cristóbal, and Rancho Santa Elena, Hidalgo, Mexico (subscription required). Comparative Parasitology 72(2):186–192.

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