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| Odilia | |
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| Synlophes of species of Odilia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Heligmonellidae |
| Genus: | Odilia Durette-Desset, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Odilia mackerrasae (Mawson, 1961)
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| Species | |
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Odilia is a genus of nematode worms established by Marie-Claude Durette-Desset in 1973[1] that infect mostly murid rodents of the Australasian region (species of Melomys, Rattus and Uromys from mainland Australia and Tasmania.[2]
Species include:[2]