Strongyloides dasypodis

Strongyloides dasypodis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the large intestine of the armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. It was first described from Louisiana.[1]

Strongyloides dasypodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Strongylidae
Genus: Strongyloides
Species:
S. dasypodis
Binomial name
Strongyloides dasypodis
Little, 1966

References
  1. Little, M. D. (1966). "Seven New Species of Strongyloides (Nematoda) from Louisiana". The Journal of Parasitology. 52 (1): 85–97. doi:10.2307/3276397. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3276397. PMID 5932110.

Further reading
  • Skerratt, Lee F (1995). "Strongyloides spearei n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloididae) from the common wombatVombatus ursinus (Marsupialia: Vombatidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 32 (2): 81–89. doi:10.1007/bf00009506.
  • Santos, Karina Rodrigues dos. "Caracterização morfológica e molecular de Strongyloides ophidiae (nematoda, strongyloididae) parasitas de serpentes." (2008): 57-f.
  • Hoppe, Estevam G. Lux; Antonio do Nascimento, Adjair (2007). "Natural infection of gastrointestinal nematodes in long-nosed armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 from Pantanal wetlands, Aquidauana sub-region, Mato Grosso do Sul State, with the description of Hadrostrongylus speciosum n. gen. et n. sp. (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae)". Veterinary Parasitology. 144 (1): 87–92. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.028. PMID 17071001.


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