Odilia (nematode)

Updated on Dec 24, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Chromadorea Family Heligmonellidae Rank Genus		Phylum Nematoda Order Rhabditida Subfamily Nippostrongylinae

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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