Haemonchus
Appearance
Haemonchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Trichostrongylidae |
Genus: | Haemonchus Cobb, 1898 |
Haemonchus is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Trichostrongylidae.[1]
They are abomasal parasites that cause anemia, followed by white eye disease.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species:[1]
- Haemonchus contortus (Rudolphi, 1803)
- Haemonchus longistipes
- Haemonchus placei (Place, 1893)
- Haemonchus similis Travassos, 1914
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Haemonchus Cobb, 1898". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 November 2021.