Agfa flexilis

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Agfa flexilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Agfidae
Genus: Agfa
Species:
A. flexilis
Binomial name
Agfa flexilis
(Dujardin, 1845) [1]
Synonyms

Leptodera flexilis Dujardin, 1845

Agfa flexilis is a species of parasitic nematode.

Agfa flexilis is the type species of the genus Agfa . [2]

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References

  1. Dujardin F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. xvi, 654+15 pp. Page 109. + Plates: plate 4, figure A. (not plate 6)
  2. 1 2 Morand S. & Hommay G. (1990). "Redescription de Agfa flexilis (Nematoda: Agfidae) parasite de I’appareil genital de Limax cinereoniger (Gastropoda: Limacidae)". Systematic Parasitology 15(2): 127–132. doi : 10.1007/bf00009990.