Mastophorus muris is a parasitic nematode in the genus Mastophorus. It infects animals such as the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris),[2] hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus),[3] and singing vole (Microtus miurus).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Spirocercidae |
| Genus: | Mastophorus |
| Species: | M. muris
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| Binomial name | |
| Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1729242 on 2 July 2024
- ^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
- ^ Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
- ^ Cole and Wilson, 2010, p. 84
Literature cited
edit- Cole, F.R. and Wilson, D.E. 2010. Microtus miurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 42(855):75–89.
- Kinsella, John Michael (1974). "Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum novitates ; no. 2540". hdl:2246/2742.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
Further reading
edit- Skrjabin, K.I., Sobolev, A.A. (1963). Spirurata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. First part. Spiruroidea. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 11, 511 pp
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