Hassalstrongylus

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Hassalstrongylus
Hassalstrongylus dollfusi, mainly the synlophe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Heligmonellidae
Genus: Hassalstrongylus
Durette-Desset, 1971[1]
Type species
Longistriata adunca
Chandler, 1932
Species

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Hassalstrongylus is a genus of nematode worms that infect mostly muroid rodents from eastern North America to South America. The genus is part of the Heligmonellidae and related to genera like Stilestrongylus.[2]

The proposed species Hassalstrongylus multiovatus, described from Akodon simulator, is a synonym of Trichofreitasia lenti from Oligoryzomys flavescens.[14]

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