Ixodes hexagonus

Ixodes hexagonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species:
I. hexagonus
Binomial name
Ixodes hexagonus
Leach 1815

Ixodes hexagonus, also known by the common name hedgehog tick,[1] is a tick species in the genus Ixodes. It is a parasite of the European hedgehog.

  1. ^ "UK Ticks - Institute of Infection and Global Health - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-05.