''Hassalstrongylus forresteri'' is a
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
worm of the genus ''
Hassalstrongylus
''Hassalstrongylus'' is a genus of nematode worms that infect mostly muroid rodents from eastern North America to South America. The genus is part of the Heligmonellidae and related to genera like '' Stilestrongylus''.
*''Hassalstrongylus adun ...
'' that infects the
marsh rice rat
The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...
(''Oryzomys palustris'') in the United States. It was first described as ''
Hassalstrongylus musculi
''Hassalstrongylus musculi'' is a nematode worm of the genus '' Hassalstrongylus'' that infects the marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') and house mouse (''Mus musculus'') in the United States and ''Oryzomys couesi'', ''Oligoryzomys fulvescens ...
'' by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1972, but she later recognized it as a different species, ''H. forresteri''. The females cannot be distinguished from those of the other species in the marsh rice rat, ''H. musculi'' and ''
H. lichtenfelsi''.
[Kinsella, 1988, table 1]
See also
*
List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
A variety of parasites have been recorded from the marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris''), a semiaquatic rodent found in the eastern and southern United States, north to New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeaste ...
References
Literature cited
*Diaw, O.T. 1976
Contribution a l'etude de nematodes Trichostrongyloidea parasites de xenarthre, marsupiaux et rongeurs neotropicaux Bulletin de la Muséum National de la Histoire Naturel de Paris (Zoologie) 282:1065–1089.
*Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, ''Oryzomys palustris'', from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
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Heligmonellidae
Parasites of rodents
Parasitic nematodes of mammals
Nematodes described in 1974