Physaloptera

Physaloptera
	Physaloptera ngoci, male caudal extremity
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Spirurida
Family:	Physalopteridae
Genus:	Physaloptera
Species
	See text.

Physaloptera is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Physalopteridae. Species include:

Undescribed or unidentified species have been found on the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the southern United States,^[4] the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida,^[7] and Leontopithecus rosalia, Physalaemus soaresi, Cacajao calvus, and Lagothrix lagotricha in Brazil.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Veciana, Marina; Chaisiri, Kittiponk; Morand, Serge; Miquel, Jordi; Ribas, Alexis (2013). "New biogeographical and morphological information on Physaloptera ngoci Le-Van-Hoa, 1961 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in South-east Asian rodents". Parasite. 20: 23. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013023. ISSN 1776-1042.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Muniz-Pereira et al., 2009, p. 11
^ Santana et al., 2010, p. 106
^ ^a ^b ^c Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
^ Dragoo and Sheffield, 2009, p. 5
^ Mirzayans, 1971
^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1

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