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Placentonema gigantissima

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Habronematoidea

Genus
  
Placentonema

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Secernentea

Family
  
Tetrameridae

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Spirurida

Placentonema gigantissima Natural History Collections Nematoda

Similar
  
Spirurida, Adenophorea, Diplogasterida, Secernentea, Chromadorea

Giant Placenta Worm (Placentonema Gigantissima)


Placentonema gigantissima is a giant nematode that parasitizes the placenta of the sperm whale. With a length of 8.4 metres (28 ft) and a diameter of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), it is potentially the largest nematode worm ever described. It was discovered in the 1950s around the Kuril Islands

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References

Placentonema gigantissima Wikipedia
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