Angiostrongylus

Angiostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Metastrongylidae.

Angiostrongylus
Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Scale bar is 1 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Angiostrongylidae
Genus:	Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905[1]
Species[2]
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) Angiostrongylus chabaudi Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 Angiostrongylus daskalovi Angiostrongylus dujardini Angiostrongylus mackerrasae Angiostrongylus malaysiensis Angiostrongylus vasorum Baillet, 1866

Species

Species in the genus

• Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935)[3]
• Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971[4]
• Angiostrongylus vasorum Baillet, 1866

References

1. Kamensky (1905). Sborn. Trud. Charkov veterin. Inst. 1905.
2. "Angiostrongylus". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
3. Chen, H.-T. (1935). "Un nouveau nématode pulmonaire, Pulmonema cantonensis, n. g., n. sp". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 13 (4): 312–317. doi:10.1051/parasite/1935134312.
4. Morera, P.; Céspedes, R. (1971). "Angiostrongylus costaricensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea), a new lungworm occurring in man in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 18 (1–2): 173–185.