Skrjabingylus nasicola
| Skrjabingylus nasicola | |
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| Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea
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| Genus: | Skrjabingylus
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| Species: | S. nasicola
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| Skrjabingylus nasicola (Leuckart, 1842)
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Skrjabingylus nasicola is a species of parasitic nematode in the family Metastrongylidae. Its lifecycle includes an intermediary mollusc host and a paratenic host, a shrew or small rodent. The adult worms live in the nasal sinuses of mustelids that have eaten the paratenic hosts.