Angiostrongylidae

Angiostrongylidae
Rat lungworm
Systematics
without rank: Primordial mouths (protostomia) Over trunk : Molting animals (Ecdysozoa) Trunk : Roundworms (Nematoda) Order : Strongylida Family : Angiostrongylidae
Scientific name
Angiostrongylidae
Boehm & Gebauer, 1934

The Angiostrongylidae (from ancient Greek angeion vessel and strongylos round) are a family of parasitic roundworms. They attack marsupials , predators , insectivores and rodents . They often have a snail as an intermediate host, only the first larva of Andersonstrongylus captivensis (lungworm in skunks) already attacks the definitive host. The representatives are characterized by a typical bursa and a posterior vulva .

The following genera belong to the family:

• Aelurostrongylus
• Andersonstrongylus
• Angiostrongylus
• Didelphostrongylus
• Tribolostrongylus

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roy C. Anderson: Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission . CABI, 2000, ISBN 978-0-85199-786-5 , pp. 156 .

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