Metastrongylidae

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Metastrongylidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Suborder: Strongylida
Superfamily: Metastrongyloidea
Family: Metastrongylidae
Diesing, 1851
Genera

The Metastrongylidae are a family of nematodes.

Genera in the family Metastrongylidae include:

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References

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