Hassalstrongylus dollfusi

Hassalstrongylus dollfusi
Hassalstrongylus dollfusi, mainly the synlophe
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Heligmonellidae
Genus: Hassalstrongylus
Species:
H. dollfusi
Binomial name
Hassalstrongylus dollfusi
(Díaz-Ungría, 1963) Durette-Desset, 1971

Hassalstrongylus dollfusi is a nematode worm of the genus Hassalstrongylus, first described under the name Longistriata dollfusi by Carlos Díaz-Ungría in 1963 who named it dollfusi as an homage to French parasitologist Robert-Philippe Dollfus. The species was transferred to the genus Hassalstrongylus in 1971 by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset. Serrano et al. redescribed the species in 2021.