Parastrongylus schmidti

Parastrongylus schmidti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Angiostrongylidae
Genus:	Parastrongylus
Species:	P. schmidti
Binomial name
Parastrongylus schmidti (Kinsella, 1971)
Synonyms
Angiostrongylus schmidtiKinsella, 1971

Parastrongylus schmidti is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Parastrongylus . It was first described as Angiostrongylus schmidti in 1971 from the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida. ^[1] However, a revision of genus Angiostrongylus assigned the species infecting rodents to Parastrongylus. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. Kinsella, J.M. (1971). "Angiostrongylus schmidti sp. n. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the rice rat, Oryzomys palustris, in Florida, with a key to the species of Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905". Journal of Parasitology. 57 (3): 494–497. doi:10.2307/3277901. JSTOR   3277901. PMID   5104560.
2. Ubelaker, JE (1986). "Systematics of species referred to the genus Angiostrongylus". J Parasitol. 72 (2): 237–244. doi:10.2307/3281599. JSTOR   3281599. PMID   3525794.
3. Kinsella, J.M. (1988). "Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida". Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 55 (2): 275–280.