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Spiruridae
Sign in to saveSpiruridae is family of nematodes in the order Spirurida. An unidentified parasitic larval member of this family has been recorded in the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a salt marsh at Cedar Key, Florida, and also in fiddler crabs (Uca) there; it is perhaps a bird parasite that does not reach maturity in the rice rat.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderRhabditida
- FamilySpiruridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 171
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Spiruridae
- Collections
- NMU, USNM, MSB, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Egypt, Panama
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- Spiruridae
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- Category:Spiruridae
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Spiruridae is family of nematodes in the order Spirurida. An unidentified parasitic larval member of this family has been recorded in the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a salt marsh at Cedar Key, Florida, and also in fiddler crabs (Uca) there; it is perhaps a bird parasite that does not reach maturity in the rice rat.
== See also == List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
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