Cloacina is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Chabertiidae. Species are parasites of marsupials in Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Chabertiidae |
| Genus: | Cloacina Linstow, 1898[1] |
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Selected species
edit- Cloacina annulata
- Cloacina atthis
- Cloacina caenis
- Cloacina castor
- Cloacina cloelia
- Cloacina clymene
- Cloacina communis
- Cloacina edwardsi
- Cloacina elegans
- Cloacina eos
- Cloacina ernabella
- Cloacina gallardi
- Cloacina hydriformis
- Cloacina io
- Cloacina liebigi
- Cloacina mawsonae
- Cloacina papillata
- Cloacina papillatissima
- Cloacina parva
- Cloacina pearsoni
- Cloacina petrogale
- Cloacina pollux
- Cloacina robertsi
- Cloacina similis
- Cloacina wallabiae
References
edit- ^ Nematoden aus der Berliner Zoologischen Sammlung.
- New species and new records of Cloacina von Linstow, 1898 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) parasitic in macropodid marsupials from Papua New Guinea. I Beveridge - Records of the South Australian Museum, 2002
- New species of Cloacina Linstow, 1898 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) parasitic in the stomach of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). I Beveridge - Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 1999
External links
edit- "Cloacina". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Cloacina at gbif.org
- Cloacina at the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG)
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