Strongyloides gulae is a parasitic roundworm infecting the esophagus of the green water snake, as well as eight other species of snakes. It was first described from Louisiana.[1]
Strongyloides gulae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Strongylidae |
Genus: | Strongyloides |
Species: | S. gulae
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Binomial name | |
Strongyloides gulae Little, 1966
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References
editFurther reading
edit- Veazey, Ronald S., T. Bonner Stewart, and Theron G. Snider III. "Ureteritis and nephritis in a Burmese python (Python molurus bivitattus) due to Strongyloides sp. infection." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (1994): 119-122.
- Dorris, Mark, Mark E. Viney, and Mark L. Blaxter. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Strongyloides and related nematodes." International journal for parasitology 32.12 (2002): 1507-1517.
- Dos Santos, K. R., et al. "Morphological and molecular characterization of Strongyloides ophidiae (Nematoda, Strongyloididae)." Journal of helminthology84.02 (2010): 136-142.
External links
edit- "Strongyloides gulae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 October 2015.