Physaloptera

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Kingdom Animalia Class Secernentea Family Physalopteridae		Phylum Nematoda Order Spirurida Rank Genus

Similar Spirocerca lupi, Capillaria aerophila, Spirurida, Toxascaris, Gongylonema

Physaloptera

Physaloptera is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Physalopteridae. Species include:

Physaloptera dilatata

Physaloptera dispar

Physaloptera hispida

Physaloptera losseni

Physaloptera maxillaris

Physaloptera murisbrasiliensis

Physaloptera ngoci

Physaloptera preputialis

Physaloptera retusa

Undescribed or unidentified species have been found on the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the southern United States, the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, and Leontopithecus rosalia, Physalaemus soaresi, Cacajao calvus, and Lagothrix lagotricha in Brazil.

Literature cited

Dragoo, J.W. and Sheffield, S.R. 2009. Conepatus leuconotus (Carnivora: Mephitidae). Mammalian Species 827:1–8.

Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.

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.

Mirzayans, A. 1971. Incidence of gastrointestinal helminths of domestic cats in the Teheran area of Iran. The Journal of Parasitology 57(6):1296.

Muniz-Pereira, L.C., Vieira, F.M. and Luque, J.L. 2009. Checklist of helminth parasites of threatened vertebrate species from Brazil. Zootaxa 2123:1–45.

Santana, E.M., Jantz, H.E. and Best, T.L. 2010. Atelerix albiventris (Erinaceomorpha: Erinaceidae). Mammalian Species 42(857):99–110.

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