Agfa (nematode)
| Agfa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Agfidae |
| Genus: | Agfa Chitwood, 1935[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptodera Dujardin, 1844 | |
Agfa is the only genus in the parasitic nematode family Agfidae. There are only three known species: Agfa flexilis, A. morandi and A. tauricus. They are all obligate parasites in terrestrial gastropods.
Species[edit]
- Agfa flexilis (Dujardin, 1845)[2]
- Agfa morandi Ribas & Casanova, 2002[3]
- Agfa tauricus Korol & Spiridonov, 1991[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Chitwood (1935). Proc. Helminth. Soc. Washington 2: 53.
- ^ Dujardin F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. xvi, 654+15 pp. Page 109. + Plates: plate 4, figure A. (not plate 6)
- ^ Ribas A. & Casanova J. (2002). "Agfa morandi sp. n. (Rhabditida, Agfidae) a parasite of Limax sp. (Gastropoda, Limacidae)". Parasitology Research 88(8): 745-747. doi:10.1007/s00436-002-0660-1.
- ^ Korol E. N. & Spiridonov S. E. (1991). "Angiostoma kimmeriensis sp. n. and Agfa tauricus sp. n.—parasitic Rhabditida (Nematoda) from Crimean terrestrial mollusks". Helminthologica 28: 179–182.
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