Onchocerca tubingensis

Onchocerca tubingensis
Systematics
Class : Secernentea Order : Spirurida (Spirurida) Superfamily : Filaria (Filarioidea) Family : Onchocercidae Genre : Onchocerca Type : Onchocerca tubingensis
Scientific name
Onchocerca tubingensis
Bain & Schulz-Key , 1974

Onchocerca tubingensis ( Greek όγκος . "Barbs" gr κέρκος "tail"; Latin tubingensis "from Tübingen ") is the name of the filaria belonging nematode . It is an endo parasite of the red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) and related to the Onchocerca volvulus, which causes river blindness in humans.

Individual evidence

1. ^ H Schulz-Key, O Bain: A fourth species of Onchocerca, O. garmsi n.sp. from the European deer (author's transl) ( Memento of the original dated April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ O. Bain, H. Schulz-Key: Description of Onchocerca garmsi n.sp. in the connective subcutaneous tissue of Cervus elaphus; further information on the description of Onchocerca tubingensis . (Article in French, translation by the author) In: Tropenmed. Parasitol. , Vol. 27, No. 4, 1974, pp. 474-478, PMID 1006803 .