Angiostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Metastrongylidae.

Angiostrongylus
Adult female worm of "Angiostrongylus cantonensis". Scale bar is 1 mm.
Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Scale bar is 1 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Angiostrongylidae
Genus: Angiostrongylus
Kamensky, 1905[1]
Species[2]

Species

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Species in the genus

References

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  1. ^ Kamensky (1905). Sborn. Trud. Charkov veterin. Inst. 1905.
  2. ^ "Angiostrongylus". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ Chen, H.-T. (1935). "Un nouveau nématode pulmonaire, Pulmonema cantonensis, n. g., n. sp". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 13 (4): 312–317. doi:10.1051/parasite/1935134312.  
  4. ^ Morera, P.; Céspedes, R. (1971). "Angiostrongylus costaricensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea), a new lungworm occurring in man in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 18 (1–2): 173–185.