Parastrongylus schmidti

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Kingdom Animalia Family Angiostrongylidae Scientific name Parastrongylus schmidti Rank Species		Class Chromadorea Genus Parastrongylus Phylum Nematoda Order Rhabditida
Similar Angiostrongylus costaricensis, Angiostrongylus, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Rhabditida, Strongylida

Parastrongylus schmidti is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Parastrongylus. It was first described as Angiostrongylus schmidti in 1971 from the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, but later assigned to Parastrongylus.

Literature cited

Kinsella, J.M. 1971. Angiostrongylus schmidti sp. n. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the rice rat, Oryzomys palustris, in Florida, with a key to the species of Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905 (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(3):494–497.

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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