Elaeophora abramovi
| Elaeophora abramovi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Onchocercidae |
| Genus: | Elaeophora |
| Species: | E. abramovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaeophora abramovi (Oshmarin & Belous, 1951) Anderson & Bain, 1976
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Elaeophora abramovi is a nematode parasite found in the hepatic arteries of the Moose (Alces alces) in Russia.
Discovery and nomenclature[edit]
This species was first described in 1951 from adults found adhering to the inner wall of the hepatic arteries of a Russian Moose (Alces alces), and named Alcefilaria abramovi.[1] In 1974, it was transferred to the genus Cordophilus,[2] and in 1976 it was transferred to the genus Elaeophora.[3] Consequently, some of the older literature on this species uses the genus names Alcefilaria or Cordophilus.
Hosts and geographic distribution[edit]
E. abramovi has been found in the hepatic arteries of European elk (Alces alces), Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and Red deer (Cervus elaphus), as discussed in.[4] E. abramovi has only been found in Russia.
Life cycle[edit]
The life cycle of E. abramovi has not been studied.
References[edit]
- ^ Oshmarin, P.G. and E.V. Belous (1951) Notes on the filariae of wild animals. Trudy Gelmintologicheskoi Laboratorii, Akademiia Nauk SSSR 5:121-127 (in Russian)
- ^ Bain, O. and E. Haesevoets (1974) "Affinités entre deux filaires de l'appariel circulatoire, l'une parasite de bovidés, l'autre de cervidés: Cordophila sagittus (Linstow, 1907) et C. abramovi (Oshmarin et Belous, 1951) nov. comb." Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 49:119-122.
- ^ Anderson, R.C. and O. Bain (1976) "CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates." Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux: Farnham, England, Vol. 3, pp. 59-116.
- ^ Hernandez Rodriguez, S., F. Martinez Gomez, and P. Gutierrez Palomino (1986) "Elaeophora elaphi n. sp. (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) parasite of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), with a key of species of the genus Elaeophora." Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 61(4):457-463.