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. 2023 Feb 20:97:e24.
doi: 10.1017/S0022149X23000068.

Agamermis sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea: Isopoda) in Argentina

J M Rusconi  1 , D Eliceche  1 , A Salas  2 , D Balcazar  1 , M Ibañez Shimabukuro  1 , M F Achinelly  1
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Agamermis sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea: Isopoda) in Argentina

J M Rusconi et al. J Helminthol. .

Abstract

The Mermithidae is a family of nematodes parasitic in many kinds of insects, spiders, leeches, crustaceans and other invertebrates throughout the world. While conducting an assay with entomopathogenic nematodes, we found Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea: Isopoda) individuals to be infected with Agamermis sp., marking the fourth known discovery of a mermithid infection in the order Isopoda. In this work, we contribute with an 18S rDNA sequence of the isolated nematode and the morphological and morphometrical characterization of the juveniles.

Keywords: 18s rDNA; Argentina; Mermithidae; parasitism.

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