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Brugia pahangi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Onchocercidae |
Genus: | Brugia |
Species: | B. pahangi
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Binomial name | |
Brugia pahangi (Buckley & Edeson, 1956)
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Brugia pahangi is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the genus Brugia. It is a filarial nematode known to infect the lymph vessels of domestic cats and wild animals, causing a disease filariasis.[1]