Odilia (nematode)

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]

Odilia
Synlophes of species of Odilia
Scientific classification
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Nippostrongylinae
Genus:
Odilia

Durette-Desset, 1973
Type species
Odilia mackerrasae
(Mawson, 1961)
Species

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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)

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