Strongyloides serpentis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Strongylidae |
Genus: | Strongyloides |
Species: | S. serpentis
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Binomial name | |
Strongyloides serpentis Little, 1966
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Strongyloides serpentis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the intestine of the green water snake, hence its name. It was first described from Louisiana.[1]