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Genus of roundworms
Hystrichis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Dioctophymidae
Genus: Hystrichis
Dujardin, 1845

Hystrichis is a genus of nematode worm with a spinose anterior end, resembling the introvert of priapulids. Species of Hystrichis live mainly in the digestive tract of aquatic birds.

References

  1. Karmanova, E. M. (1960). "Revision of the genus Hystrichis (Dujardin, 1845) (Diocto-phymata, Nematoda)". 10. Trudi Gelmintologicheskoi Laboratorii. Akademlya Nauk SSSR: 112–116. 19630800840. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, “Phylogenetic relationships of the Nematomorpha – a discussion of current hypotheses,” Zool. Anz., vol. 236, pp. 203–216, 1997.
  3. Scheer, Simone; Pegoraro Macedo, Márcia Raquel; Soares, Mauro Pereira; Schramm, Camila Costa; Muller, Gertrud (31 October 2016). "Pathology and morphometry of Hystrichis acanthocephalicus (Nematoda) from Phimosus infuscatus (Pelecaniformes) in southern Brazil" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 26 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1590/s1984-29612016089. PMID 28146154. Retrieved 25 October 2017.


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