Megalobatrachonema

Megalobatrachonema
Megalobatrachonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Kathlaniidae
Genus: Megalobatrachium
Yamaguti, 1941

Megalobatrachonema is a nematode genus.[1] Species of this genus are parasites of a number of amphibians including the Rough-skinned Newt.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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 0315472960. 
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)". In Nicklas Stromberg. GlobalTwitcher. http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182. 


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