Placentonema gigantissima

Placentonema gigantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Tetrameridae
Genus:
Species:	P. gigantissima
Binomial name
	Placentonema gigantissima; (, 1951)

Placentonema gigantissima is a giant nematode that parasitizes the placenta of the sperm whale. With a length of 8.4 metres (28 ft) and a diameter of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in), it is potentially the largest nematode worm ever described. It was discovered in the 1950s around the Kuril Islands.^[1]

References[]

^ Gubanov, NM (21 April 1951). "Гигантская нематода из плаценты китообразных Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp" [Giant nematoda from the placenta of Cetacea; Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp] (PDF). Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR (in Russian). 77 (6): 1123–1125. PMID 14822893. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013.

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[gubanov1951-1] Gubanov, NM (21 April 1951). "Гигантская нематода из плаценты китообразных Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp" [Giant nematoda from the placenta of Cetacea; Placentonema gigantissima nov. gen., nov. sp] (PDF). Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR (in Russian). 77 (6): 1123–1125. PMID 14822893. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013.

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