Oxyuris
Genus of roundworms
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Oxyuris is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Oxyuridae.[2]
| Oxyuris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Oxyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyurinae |
| Genus: | Oxyuris Rudolphi, 1803 |
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The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Oxyuris alata Rudolphi, 1819
- Oxyuris armata Kreis, 1940
- Oxyuris curvula Rudolphi, 1803
- Oxyuris equi (Schrank, 1788)
- Oxyuris flagellum Ehrenberg, 1828
- Oxyuris karamoja Baylis, 1929
- Oxyuris megaloon Linstow, 1906
- Oxyuris obvelata Bremser
- Oxyuris paradoxa Molin
- Oxyuris parallela Linstow, 1908
- Oxyuris praeputialis Skrjabin, 1916
- Oxyuris pugio Ehrenberg, 1828
- Oxyuris semilanceolata Molin
- Oxyuris sumatrensis Parona, 1896
- Oxyuris tenuicauda Linstow, 1910
