Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Order Spirurida > Suborder Spirurina > Superfamily Filarioidea > Family Onchocercidae > Genus Dirofilaria

Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Filaria Muller, 1787

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

DirofilariaRailliet & Henry, 1911accepted genus name
Filaria auct. generic synonym
Nochtiella Faust, 1935 generic synonym
Filaria auct. misapplied name

Species group names

Filaria immitis Leidy, 1856 objective synonym

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Taxon found in 126 publications.

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Citation

Dr David Gibson. Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=391691

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2010-05-31 by Dr David Gibson

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