Phasmarhabditis neopapillosa

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Phasmarhabditis californica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Phasmarhabditis
Species:
P. neopapillosa
Binomial name
Phasmarhabditis neopapillosa

Phasmarhabditis neopapillosa is a nematode in the family Rhabditidae. It is a lethal facultative parasite of the terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails). [1]

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References

  1. Hooper, D.J., Wilson, M.J., Rowe, J.A., & Glen, D.M. (1999). Some observations on the morphology and protein profiles of the slug-parasitic nematodes Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and P. neopapillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Nematology, 1(2), 173-182.