Gongylonema

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Gongylonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Spirurida
Superfamily: Spiruroidea
Family: Gongylonematidae
Genus: Gongylonema
Species
  • Gongylonema aequispicularis
  • Gongylonema ingluvicola
  • Gongylonema longispiculum
  • Gongylonema mucronatum
  • Gongylonema musculi
  • Gongylonema neoplasticum
  • Gongylonema pacoi
  • Gongylonema pithyusensis
  • Gongylonema pulchrum
  • Gongylonema soricis
  • Gongylonema spalacis
  • Gongylonema verrucosum

Gongylonema is a name of a genus of thread-like nematode that was discovered in 1850 by Joseph Leidy.

The human infection of this nematode is very rare and since its discovery there were less than 100 people infection report of this worm.

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