''Stenurus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
nematode
The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...
that infects the respiratory system and sinuses of
cetacean
Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively c ...
s, which includes
whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully Aquatic animal, aquatic placental mammal, placental marine mammals. As an informal and Colloquialism, colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea ...
s,
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the cetacean clade Odontoceti (toothed whale). Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontopori ...
s, and
porpoise
Porpoises () are small Oceanic dolphin, dolphin-like cetaceans classified under the family Phocoenidae. Although similar in appearance to dolphins, they are more closely related to narwhals and Beluga whale, belugas than to the Oceanic dolphi ...
s. Up to 1700 worms may be found in a single host.
Species
There are 9 species:
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Stenurus arctomarinus''
Delyamure & Kleinenberg, 1958
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Stenurus auditivus''
Hsu & Hoeppli, 1933
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Stenurus australis''
Sarmiento & Tantalean, 1991
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Stenurus globicephalae''
Baylis & Daubney, 1925
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Stenurus minor''
(Kuhn, 1829) Baylis & Daubney, 1925
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Stenurus nanjingensis''
Tao, 1983
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Stenurus ovatus''
(von Linstow, 1910) Baylis & Daubney, 1925
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Stenurus truei''
Machida, 1974
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Stenurus yamagutii''
Kuramochi, Araki & Machida, 1990
Formerly accepted species
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Stenurus alatus''
Leuckart, 1848) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 accepted as ''
Pharurus alatus''
(Leuckart, 1848) Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (
Superseded combination
In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...
)
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Stenurus arcticus''
(Cobb, 1888) Baylis & Daubney, 1925 accepted as ''
Pharurus pallasii''
(Van Beneden, 1870) Arnold & Gaskin, 1975 (Synonym)
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Stenurus inflexus''
(Rudolphi, 1808) Dujardin, 1845 accepted as ''
Pseudalius inflexus''
(Rudolphi, 1808) Schneider, 1866 (Superseded combination)
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Stenurus pallasii''
(van Beneden, 1870) accepted as ''
Pharurus pallasii''
(Van Beneden, 1870) Arnold & Gaskin, 1975 (Superseded combination)
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Stenurus phocoenae''
Dougherty, 1943 accepted as ''
Stenurus minor''
(Kuhn, 1829) Baylis & Daubney, 1925 (Synonym)
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Stenurus vagans''
(Eschricht, 1841) Dougherty, 1943 accepted as ''
Stenurus minor''
(Kuhn, 1829) Baylis & Daubney, 1925 (Synonym)
References
Parasitic nematodes of vertebrates
Strongylida
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