Cosmocercoides
Encyclopedia
Cosmocercoides is a genus
of nematode
within the order Ascaridida
. Nematodes within the genus Cosmocercoides have been found as parasites within the rough-skinned newt
, Taricha granulosa. Cosmocercoides includes the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of nematode
Nematode
The nematodes or roundworms are the most diverse phylum of pseudocoelomates, and one of the most diverse of all animals. Nematode species are very difficult to distinguish; over 28,000 have been described, of which over 16,000 are parasitic. It has been estimated that the total number of nematode...
within the order Ascaridida
Ascaridida
The order Ascaridida includes several families of parasitic roundworms with three "lips" on the anterior end. They were formerly placed in the subclass Rhabditia by some, but morphological and DNA sequence data rather unequivocally assigns them to the Spiruria...
. Nematodes within the genus Cosmocercoides have been found as parasites within the rough-skinned newt
Rough-skinned Newt
The rough-skinned newt is a North American newt known for its strong poison.- Toxicity :Many newts produce toxins to avoid predation, but the toxins of the genus Taricha are particularly potent...
, Taricha granulosa. Cosmocercoides includes the following species:
- Cosmocercoides barodensis Rao, 1979
- Cosmocercoides bufonis Karve, 1944
- Cosmocercoides dukae (Holl, 1928)
- Cosmocercoides fotedari Arya, 1992
- Cosmocercoides kumaoni Arya, 1992
- Cosmocercoides lanceolatus Rao, 1979
- Cosmocercoides multipapillata Khera, 1958
- Cosmocercoides nainitalensis Arya, 1979
- Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930
- Cosmocercoides rickae Ogden, 1966
- Cosmocercoides rusticum (Kreis, 1932)
- Cosmocercoides skrjabini (Ivanitskii, 1940)
- Cosmocercoides speleomantis Ricci, 1988
- Cosmocercoides tibetanum Baylis, 1927
- Cosmocercoides tridens Wilkie, 1930
- Cosmocercoides variabilis (Harwood, 1930)