Angiostrongylus | |
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Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis . Scale bar is 1 mm. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Angiostrongylidae |
Genus: | Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905 [1] |
Species [2] | |
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Angiostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Metastrongylidae.
Species in the genus
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