Elaeophora abramovi

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Elaeophora abramovi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Onchocercidae
Genus: Elaeophora
Species:
E. abramovi
Binomial name
Elaeophora abramovi
(Oshmarin & Belous, 1951) Anderson & Bain, 1976

Elaeophora abramovi is a nematode parasite found in the hepatic arteries of the Moose (Alces alces) in Russia.

Discovery and nomenclature[]

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[]

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[]

The life cycle of E. abramovi has not been studied.

References[]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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