Agfa is the only genus in the parasitic nematode family Agfidae. There are only three known species: Agfa flexilis, A. morandi and A. tauricus. They are all obligate parasites in terrestrial gastropods.

Agfa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Agfidae
Genus: Agfa
Chitwood, 1935[1]
Synonyms

Leptodera Dujardin, 1844
Leptoderes Dujardin, 1844

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Chitwood (1935). Proc. Helminth. Soc. Washington 2: 53.
  2. ^ Dujardin F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. xvi, 654+15 pp. Page 109. + Plates: plate 4, figure A. (not plate 6)
  3. ^ Ribas A. & Casanova J. (2002). "Agfa morandi sp. n. (Rhabditida, Agfidae) a parasite of Limax sp. (Gastropoda, Limacidae)". Parasitology Research 88(8): 745-747. doi:10.1007/s00436-002-0660-1.
  4. ^ Korol E. N. & Spiridonov S. E. (1991). "Angiostoma kimmeriensis sp. n. and Agfa tauricus sp. n.—parasitic Rhabditida (Nematoda) from Crimean terrestrial mollusks". Helminthologica 28: 179–182.