Cosmocercoides

Cosmocercoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Cosmocercidae
Genus: Cosmocercoides
Wilkie, 1930[1]
Type species
Cosmocercoides pulcher
Wilkie, 1930[2]

Cosmocercoides is a genus of nematode within the order Ascaridida. Nematodes within the genus Cosmocercoides have been found as parasites within the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa.[3] Cosmocercoides includes the following species:[2]

  • Cosmocercoides barodensis Rao, 1979
  • Cosmocercoides bufonis Karve, 1944
  • Cosmocercoides dukae (Holl, 1928)
  • Cosmocercoides fotedari Arya, 1992
  • Cosmocercoides kumaoni Arya, 1992
  • Cosmocercoides lanceolatus Rao, 1979
  • Cosmocercoides multipapillata Khera, 1958
  • Cosmocercoides nainitalensis Arya, 1979
  • Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930
  • Cosmocercoides rickae Ogden, 1966
  • Cosmocercoides rusticum (Kreis, 1932)
  • Cosmocercoides skrjabini (Ivanitskii, 1940)
  • Cosmocercoides speleomantis Ricci, 1988
  • Cosmocercoides tibetanum Baylis, 1927
  • Cosmocercoides tridens Wilkie, 1930
  • Cosmocercoides variabilis (Harwood, 1930)

References

  1. ↑ Wilkie (1930). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)6: 607.
  2. 1 2 Joel Hallan. "Cosmocercidae Railliet, 1916". Synopsis of the described Nematoda of the world. Texas A&M University.
  3. ↑ C. Michael Hogan (November 4, 2008). Nicklas Stromberg, ed. "Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)". Globaltwitcher. Retrieved April 23, 2010.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.