Placentonema gigantissima

Placentonema gigantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Spirurida
Superfamily:	Habronematoidea
Family:	Tetrameridae
Genus:	Placentonema
Species:	P. gigantissima
Binomial name
	Placentonema gigantissima; (Gubanov, 1951)

Placentonema gigantissima is a giant nematode that parasitizes the placenta of the sperm whale. With a length of 8.4 metres (28 ft) and a diameter of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), it is potentially the largest nematode worm ever described. It was discovered in the 1950s around the Kuril islands^[1]

References

^ Gubanov, N. M. (1951-04-21). "Giant nematoda from the placenta of Cetacea; Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp." (PDF). Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR (in Russian). Vol. 77, no. 6. pp. 1123–1125. ISSN 0002-3264. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[gubanov1951-1] Gubanov, N. M. (1951-04-21). "Giant nematoda from the placenta of Cetacea; Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp." (PDF). Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR (in Russian). Vol. 77, no. 6. pp. 1123–1125. ISSN 0002-3264. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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