Aelurostrongylus

Aelurostrongylus
	Posterior end of Aelurostrongylus falciformis in the lungs of a badger
Systematics
Over trunk :	Molting animals (Ecdysozoa)
Trunk :	Roundworms (Nematoda)
Order :	Strongylida
Superfamily :	Metastrongyloidea
Family :	Angiostrongylidae
Genre :	Aelurostrongylus
Scientific name
	Aelurostrongylus
	Cameron , 1927

Aelurostrongylus is a genus of roundworms thatparasitizein the lungs of cats , martens, and rodents .

The representatives of Aelurostrongylus have a greatly reduced mating pouch , the spicula are relatively short and curved, the gubernaculum is poorly developed or completely absent. The vulva and anus are not terminal. The rib of the flap on the back of the mating bag is unbranched.

species

Individual evidence

^ Roy Clayton Anderson, Alain Gabriel Chabaud, Sheila Willmott: Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Archival volume . CABI, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84593-572-6 , pp. 200 .

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[1] Roy Clayton Anderson, Alain Gabriel Chabaud, Sheila Willmott: Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Archival volume . CABI, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84593-572-6 , pp. 200 .