Ancylostoma
Appearance
Ancylostoma | |
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Egg of Ancylostoma sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Ancylostomatidae |
Genus: | Ancylostoma Dubini, 1843 |
Ancylostoma is a genus of nematodes that includes some species of hookworms.
Species include:
- Ancylostoma braziliense, commonly infects cats, popularly known in Brazil as bicho-geográfico
- Ancylostoma caninum, commonly infects dogs
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum
- Ancylostoma duodenale
- Ancylostoma pluridentatum, commonly infects sylvatic cats
- Ancylostoma tubaeforme, infects cats along with other hosts
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Ancylostoma at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)