Citellina

Citellina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Oxyurida
Family: Oxyuridae
Genus: Citellina
Prendel

Citellina is a worm genus within the Oxyuridae family. Species of this genus typically parasitise marmots and ground squirrels of holarctic distribution.[1] It was initially defined by Prendel in 1928, with the type species Citellina dispar[2]

Citellina triradiata has been recovered from the Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma),[3] and Citellina undulata is described from the Long-tailed Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hugot, JP. "The genus Citellina (Oxyuridae, Nematoda)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.
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