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Onchocerca volvulus · Vinony

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Onchocerca volvulus

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species of nematode

Taxonomy · GBIF

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumNematoda
ClassChromadorea
OrderRhabditida
FamilyOnchocercidae

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Onchocerca
Image: Onchocerca volvulus 01.jpg

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Nematodes described in 1893 Parasitic nematodes of humans Spirurida Taxa named by Rudolf Leuckart

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