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Odilia (nematode)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chromadorea

Family
  
Heligmonellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Rhabditida

Subfamily
  
Nippostrongylinae

Odilia (nematode)

Odilia is a genus of nematode worms established by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1973 that infect mostly murid rodents of the Australasian region (species of Melomys, Rattus and Uromys from mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Species include:

  • Odilia brachybursa (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Australia)
  • Odilia emanuelae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Rattus, Australia)
  • Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia) – type species
  • Odilia melomyos (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia)
  • Odilia tasmaniensis Gibbons & Spratt, 1995 (Host: Rattus, Tasmania)

    • References

    Odilia (nematode) Wikipedia
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