Angiostrongylus vasorum

Angiostrongylus vasorum (male) from canine blood sample.

Body of female Angiostrongylus vasorum, detail of white genital strands wrapped around the digestive tract.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Chromadorea
Ordo: Rhabditida
Subordo: Strongylida
Familia: Metastrongylidae
Genus: Angiostrongylus
Species: Angiostrongylus vasorum

References

• Barçante T. A., Barçante J. M. de P., Dias S. R. C. & Lima W. d. S. (December 2003) "Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866) Kamensky, 1905: emergence of third-stage larvae from infected Biomphalaria glabrata snails". Parasitology Research 91(6): 471–475. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1000-9