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Mastophorus muris

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Mastophorus muris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Spirocercidae
Genus: Mastophorus
Species:
M. muris
Binomial name
Mastophorus muris
(Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms[1]

Mastophorus muris is a parasitic nematode in the genus Mastophorus. It infects animals such as the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris),[2] hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus),[3] and singing vole (Microtus miurus).[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1729242 on 2 July 2024
  2. ^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
  3. ^ Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
  4. ^ Cole and Wilson, 2010, p. 84

Literature cited

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  • Cole, F.R. and Wilson, D.E. 2010. Microtus miurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 42(855):75–89.
  • Kinsella, John Michael (1974). "Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum novitates ; no. 2540". hdl:2246/2742.
  • 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.

Further reading

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  • Skrjabin, K.I., Sobolev, A.A. (1963). Spirurata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. First part. Spiruroidea. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 11, 511 pp