Strongyloides serpentis
| Strongyloides serpentis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Strongylidae |
| Genus: | Strongyloides |
| Species: | S. serpentis
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| Binomial name | |
| Strongyloides serpentis Little, 1966
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Strongyloides serpentis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the intestine of the green water snake, hence its name. It was first described from Louisiana.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dorris, Mark, Mark E. Viney, and Mark L. Blaxter. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Strongyloides and related nematodes." International journal for parasitology 32.12 (2002): 1507–1517.
- Dos Santos, K. R., et al. "Morphological and molecular characterization of Strongyloides ophidiae (Nematoda, Strongyloididae)." Journal of helminthology84.02 (2010): 136–142.
- Veazey, Ronald S., T. Bonner Stewart, and Theron G. Snider III. "Ureteritis and nephritis in a Burmese python (Python molurus bivitattus) due to Strongyloides sp. infection." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (1994): 119–122.
External links
[edit]- "Strongyloides serpentis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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