Ancylostoma
Ancylostoma | |
---|---|
Egg of Ancylostoma sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukarya |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Suborder: | Strongylida |
Superfamily: | Ancylostomatoidea |
Family: | Ancylostomatidae |
Genus: | Ancylostoma Dubini, 1843 |
Ancylostoma is a genus that includes some species of hookworm.
Species include:
- Ancylostoma braziliense, commonly infects cats, popularly known in Brazil as "bicho-geográfico"
- Ancylostoma caninum, commonly infects dogs
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum
- Ancylostoma duodenale
- Ancylostoma pluridentatum, commonly infects sylvatic cats
- Ancylostoma tubaeforme, infects cats along with other hosts
See also
External links
- Ancylostoma at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/3/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.