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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Capillaria gastrica Wikipedia

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