Pterygodermatites ondatrae
Pterygodermatites ondatrae is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Pterygodermatites. It has been recorded in the hispid cotton rat in Florida and Texas. In Florida, it has also been recorded on the marsh [rice rat], together with an unnamed species of the same genus, the female of which cannot be distinguished from that of P. ondatrae.
Literature cited
- Kinsella, J.M. 1974. . American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55:275–280.