Physaloptera hispida

Physaloptera hispida is a parasitic nematode in the genus Physaloptera. It has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus), cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus), and oldfield mouse (Peromyscus polionotus) in Florida.^[1]

Physaloptera hispida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Physalopteridae
Genus:	Physaloptera
Species:	P. hispida
Binomial name
Physaloptera hispida Schell, 1952[Note 1]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

Notes

1. Kinsella, 1988, table 1. Kinsella (1974, p. 9) gives 1950.