Citellina
Genus of roundworms
| Citellina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Oxyuridae |
| Genus: | Citellina Prendel |
Citellina is a genus of nematodes within the Oxyuridae family. Species of this genus typically parasitise marmots and ground squirrels of holarctic distribution.[1] It was initially defined by Prendel in 1928, with the type species Citellina dispar[2]
Citellina triradiata has been recovered from the Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma),[3] and Citellina undulata is described from the Long-tailed Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus).[1]
References
- ^ a b Hugot, JP. "The genus Citellina (Oxyuridae, Nematoda)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. doi:10.1051/parasite/1980551097.
- ^ Read, Clark P. (1957). "The Oxyurid Nematodes of Rodents I. The Genus Citellina Prendel". The Journal of Parasitology. 43 (4): 446–450. doi:10.2307/3274673. JSTOR 3274673. PMID 13463692.
- ^ Broda, Ronald J.; Schmidt, Gerald D. (1978). "Endoparasites of the spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833, from Colorado". Journal of Helminthology. 52 (4): 323–326. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00005563. S2CID 86644871.
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