Parastrongylus schmidti explained

Parastrongylus schmidti is a species of parasitic nematode in the genus Parastrongylus. It was first described as Angiostrongylus schmidti in 1971 from the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida,^[1] but later assigned to Parastrongylus.^[2]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

Literature cited

• Kinsella, J.M. 1971. Angiostrongylus schmidti sp. n. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the rice rat, Oryzomys palustris, in Florida, with a key to the species of Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905 (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(3):494–497.
• 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(2):275–280.

Notes and References

1. Kinsella, 1971
2. Kinsella, 1988, table 1