Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.[2]
| Elaphostrongylus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Protostrongylidae |
| Genus: | Elaphostrongylus Cameron, 1931[1] |
Species
edit- Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931
- Elaphostrongylus panticola Lubinov, 1945
- Elaphostrongylus rangiferi Mitskevich, 1958
- Elaphostrongylus alces Steen et al., 1989
Life cycle
editIntermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. are terrestrial gastropods and they include:
- Limax cinereoniger[2]
- Malacolimax tenellus[2]
- Succinea spp.[2]
- Vitrina pellucida[2]
- Zonitoides nitidus[2]
Experimental hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. can also be freshwater snails.[2] For example Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi.[3]
Elaphostrongylus spp. causes cerebral nematodiasis.[2] Definitive host include Cervidae: moose Alces alces,[2] Cervus elaphus and reindeer Rangifer tarandus.
References
edit- ^ Cameron (1931). J. Helminth. 9: 213.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
- ^ Skorping A. (1985). "Lymnea stagnalis as experimental intermediate host for Elaphostrongylus rangiferi". Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 71: 265-270.