Gurltia paralysans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Secernentea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Suborder: | Strongylida |
Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea |
Family: | Angiostrongylidae |
Genus: | Gurltia |
Species: | G. paralysans |
Binomial name | |
Gurltia paralysans (Wolffhügel, 1933) |
Gurltia paralysans is a parasite which attaches itself to the veins of South American felines
The genus name comes from Ernst Friedrich Gurlt (1794–1882), a German veterinarian and anatomist.