''Pterygodermatites ondatrae'' is a species of parasitic
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
in the genus ''
Pterygodermatites
''Pterygodermatites'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Rictulariidae. Their life-cycle is complex. Species include:
*'' Pterygodermatites baiomydis'' Lynggaard, García-Prieto, Guzmán-Cornejo & Osorio-Sarabia, 2014
*'' Pterygo ...
''. It has been recorded in the
hispid cotton rat
The hispid cotton rat (''Sigmodon hispidus'') is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have ...
(''Sigmodon hispidus'') in
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
and
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. In Florida, it has also been recorded on the
marsh rice rat
The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...
(''Oryzomys palustris''), together with an unnamed species of the same genus, the female of which cannot be distinguished from that of ''P. ondatrae''.
[Kinsella, 1988, table 1]
See also
*
List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
A variety of parasites have been recorded from the marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris''), a semiaquatic rodent found in the eastern and southern United States, north to New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeaste ...
References
Literature cited
*Kinsella, J.M. 1974
Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, ''Sigmodon hispidus'', from several habitats in Florida ''American Museum Novitates'' 2540:1–12.
*Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, ''Oryzomys palustris'', from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. ''Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington'' 55(2):275–280.
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Spirurida
Nematodes described in 1941