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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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderRhabditida
- FamilySpiruridae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
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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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Animalia
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Wikidata
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Nematoda
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taxonomy
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Q82486
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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World Register of Marine Species
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iNaturalist
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Catalogue of Life
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Cedar Key
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Fauna Europaea
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Animal Diversity Web
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Uca
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Marsh rice rat
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Rhabditida
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Spirurida
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Barcode of Life Data Systems
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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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