Litomosoides scotti

Litomosoides scotti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Onchocercidae
Genus:	Litomosoides
Species:	L. scotti
Binomial name
Litomosoides scotti Forrester and Kinsella, 1973

Litomosoides scotti is a parasitic nematode in the genus Litomosoides. First described in 1973, it infects the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and is known from a saltwater marsh at Cedar Key, Florida.[1]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. Forrester and Kinsella, 1973; Kinsella, 1988, table 1

Literature cited

• Forrester, D.J. and Kinsella, J.M. 1973. Comparative morphology and ecology of two species of Litomosoides (Nematoda: Filarioidea) of rodents in Florida, with a key to the species of Litomosoides Chandler, 1931 (subscription required). International Journal for Parasitology 3(2):255–263.
• Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.