Physaloptera hispida is a parasitic nematode in the genus Physaloptera. It has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus), cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus), and oldfield mouse (Peromyscus polionotus) in Florida.[1]

Physaloptera hispida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Physalopteridae
Genus: Physaloptera
Species:
P. hispida
Binomial name
Physaloptera hispida
Schell, 1952[Note 1]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1. Kinsella (1974, p. 9) gives 1950.

References edit

  1. ^ Kinsella, 1974, p. 9; 1988, table 1; 1991, tables 1–3

Literature cited edit

  • Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.
  • 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 39:3078–3083.