Litomosoides scotti

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Kingdom Animalia Family Onchocercidae Scientific name Litomosoides scotti Rank Species		Class Secernentea Genus Litomosoides Phylum Nematoda Order Spirurida
Similar Onchocercidae, Acanthocheilonema viteae, Filarioidea, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Brugia pahangi

Litomosoides scotti is a parasitic nematode in the genus Litomosoides. First described in 1973, it infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and is known from a saltwater marsh at Cedar Key, Florida.

Literature cited

Forrester, D.J. and Kinsella, J.M. 1973. Comparative morphology and ecology of two species of Litomosoides (Nematoda: Filarioidea) of rodents in Florida, with a key to the species of Litomosoides Chandler, 1931 (subscription required). International Journal for Parasitology 3(2):255–263.

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.

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