| Gurltia paralysans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Suborder: | Strongylida |
| Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea |
| Family: | Angiostrongylidae |
| Genus: | Gurltia |
| Species: | G. paralysans |
| Binomial name | |
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Gurltia paralysans (Wolffhügel, 1933) |
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Gurltia paralysans is a parasite which attaches itself to the veins of South American felines
The genus name comes from Ernst Friedrich Gurlt (1794–1882), a German veterinarian and anatomist.