Megalobatrachonema is a nematode genus.[1] Species of this genus are parasites of a number of amphibians including the rough-skinned newt.[2]
Megalobatrachonema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Kathlaniidae |
Genus: | Megalobatrachonema Yamaguti, 1941 |
References
edit- ^ Jane P. M. Richardson (1989). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Megalobatrachonema Yamaguti, 1941 (Ascardida: Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae) with field and laboratory observations of M. waldeni. National Library of Canada. ISBN 0-315-47296-0.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). Nicklas Stromberg (ed.). "Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)". GlobalTwitcher. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2008-11-17.