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Gurltia paralysans

Gurltia paralysans
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.


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