Hystrichis

Hystrichis is a genus of nematode worm with a spinose anterior end, resembling the introvert of priapulids.[2] Species of Hystrichis live mainly in the digestive tract of aquatic birds.[3]

Hystrichis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Dioctophymatidae
Genus: Hystrichis
Dujardin, 1845[1]

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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