Trichostrongylus affinis

Trichostrongylus affinis is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Trichostrongylus. It primarily infects cottontails (Sylvilagus), but has also been found in the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)[1] and the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris).[2]

Trichostrongylus affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Trichostrongylidae
Genus: Trichostrongylus
Species:
T. affinis
Binomial name
Trichostrongylus affinis
Graybill, 1924

See also

References

  1. Kinsella, 1974, p. 7
  2. Kinsella, 1988, table 1

Literature cited

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