Odilia (nematode)
| Odilia | |
|---|---|
| Synlophes of species of Odilia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Heligmonellidae |
| Genus: | Odilia Durette-Desset, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961) | |
| Species | |
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Odilia is a genus of nematode worms established by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1973 that infect mostly murid rodents of the Australasian region (species of Melomys, Rattus and Uromys from mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Species include:
- Odilia brachybursa (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Australia)
- Odilia emanuelae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Rattus, Australia)
- Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia) – type species
- Odilia melomyos (Mawson, 1961) (Host: Melomys, Uromys, Australia)
- Odilia tasmaniensis Gibbons & Spratt, 1995 (Host: Rattus, Tasmania)