Rhabdias
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| Rhabdias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabdiasidae |
| Genus: | Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall, 1905 |
Rhabdias is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Rhabdiasidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution[1] and includes over 90 species mainly parasitic in the lungs of amphibians and reptiles.[2]
Systematics of species of Rhadias is not easy due to the usual absence of males and the morphological similarity in females.[2]
