Pterygodermatites
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Pterygodermatites is a genus of parasitic nematode
s in the family Rictulariidae. Species include:
Undescribed species have been recorded from the marsh rice rat in Florida and from Oryzomys gorgasi
in Venezuela.
Nematode
The nematodes or roundworms are the most diverse phylum of pseudocoelomates, and one of the most diverse of all animals. Nematode species are very difficult to distinguish; over 28,000 have been described, of which over 16,000 are parasitic. It has been estimated that the total number of nematode...
s in the family Rictulariidae. Species include:
- Pterygodermatites jägerskiöldi
- Pterygodermatites kozeki
- Pterygodermatites ondatraePterygodermatites ondatraePterygodermatites ondatrae is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Pterygodermatites. It has been recorded in the hispid cotton rat in Florida and Texas...
- Pterygodermatites peromysci
Undescribed species have been recorded from the marsh rice rat in Florida and from Oryzomys gorgasi
Oryzomys gorgasi
Oryzomys gorgasi, also known as Gorgas's Oryzomys or Gorgas's Rice Rat, is a rodent in the genus Oryzomys of family Cricetidae. First collected as a living animal in 1967, it is known from only a few localities, including a freshwater swamp in the lowlands of northwestern Colombia and a mangrove...
in Venezuela.
Literature cited
- Braun, J.K., Pratt, N.L. and Mares, M.A. 2010. Thylamys pallidior (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Mammalian Species 42(856):90–98.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1991. Comparison of helminths of three species of mice, Podomys floridanus, Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from southern Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:3078–3083.
- Pires, M.M., Martins, E.G., Silva, M.N.F. and dos Reid, S.F. 2010. Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Mammalian Species 42(851):33–40.
- Sánchez H., J., Ochoa G., J. and Voss, R.S. 2001. Rediscovery of Oryzomys gorgasi (Rodentia: Muridae) with notes on taxonomy and natural history (subscription required). Mammalia 65:205–214.