Genus of worms
Prospinitectus
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Nematoda
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Class:
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Chromadorea
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Order:
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Rhabditida
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Family:
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Cystidicolidae
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Genus:
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Prospinitectus Petter, 1979
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Prospinitectus is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Prospinitectus are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of Tuna fish.[1][2][3]
- ^ Petter, A. J. (1979). Trois nématodes parasites de poissons en Malaisie. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 4ème série, 1, section A, n°3, 585-596. PDF in Bionames
- ^ Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. ProspinitectusPetter, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458872 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Moravec, Frantisek (2007). "Some aspects of the taxonomy and biology of adult spirurine nematodes parasitic in fishes: a review" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 54 (4): 239–257. doi:10.14411/fp.2007.033. ISSN 0015-5683.