Organisms

Spirurida

An order of nematodes of the subclass SECERNENTEA. Characteristics include ventral or caudoventral papillae and an esophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular parts.

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Abstract

An order of nematodes of the subclass SECERNENTEA. Characteristics include ventral or caudoventral papillae and an esophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular parts.

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  • Spiruridas

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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

an order of nematodes; do not confuse with the suborder SPIRURINA or the superfamily SPIRUROIDEA; infection = SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spirurida. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017174. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017174
  2. Spirurida. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirurida
  3. Spirurida. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17165