Odilia (nematode)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Heligmonellidae |
| Genus: | Odilia Durette-Desset, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961)
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Odilia is a genus of nematode worms established by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1973[1] that infect mostly murid rodents of the Australasian region (species of Melomys, Rattus and Uromys from mainland Australia and Tasmania.[2]
Species include:[2]
- Odilia brachybursa (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Australia)
- Odilia emanuelae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Rattus, Australia)
- Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia) – type species
- Odilia melomyos (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia)
- Odilia tasmaniensis Gibbons & Spratt, 1995 (Host: Rattus, Tasmania)
References[edit]
- ^ Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude (1973). "Note rectificative sur le genre Austrostrongylus (Nématode)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 48 (3): 517–518. doi:10.1051/parasite/1973483517. ISSN 0003-4150.
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