Hexametra boddaertii
| Hexametra boddaertii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Ascaridida |
| Family: | Ascarididae |
| Genus: | Hexametra |
| Species: | H. boddaertii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hexametra boddaertii Baird, 1860
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Hexametra boddaertii is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the family Ascarididae. H. boddaertii was originally described from a single specimen of Mastigodryas boddaerti, a South American colubrine snake.[1] Other neotropical colubrids identified as hosts to H. boddaertii include Oxyrhopus trigeminus, Philodryas patagoniensis, Spilotes pullatus, Trimorphodon biscutatus, Philodryas baroni, and Oxyrhopus guibei.[2] It is thought that Hexametra may be the causative agent of ocular disease, diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis, (DSUN), in Brazil.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Kreis, H. A. "Beitrage zur Kenntnis parasitischer Nematoden. XI. Neue parasitische Nematoden." Rev. Suisse Zool 51.2 (1944): 227-252.
- ^ Peichoto, María E., et al. "First report of parasitism by Hexametra boddaertii (Nematoda: Ascaridae) in Oxyrhopus guibei (Serpentes: Colubridae)." Veterinary parasitology 224 (2016): 60-64.
- ^ Souza et al., 2007 V.L. Souza, A.P. Santos T.M. d. Peña, V.L.F. Luz, I.J.D. Reis Caracterização dos répteis descartados por mantenedores particulares e entregues ao Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Répteis e Anfíbios – RAN. Rev. Biol. Neotrop., 4 (2007), pp. 149–160