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Syncuaria mycteriae 
Summary
Syncuaria mycteriae, is a medium-sized parasitic nematode, first described in 2003. Birds of Ciconiiformes serve as the host. It is found in Costa Rica. It is most similar to S. leptoptili, a sister species, and S. squamata. However, it has longer left spicule than any other species in Syncuaria.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Acuariidae |
| Genus: | Syncuaria |
| Species: | S. mycteriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Syncuaria mycteriae Zhang, Brooks & Causey, 2003
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References edit
- ^ Zhang, Luping; Brooks, Daniel R.; Causey, Douglas (October 7, 2003). "A new species of Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (Nematoda: Acuarioidea: Acuariidae) in the wood stork, Mycteria americana L. (Aves: Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) from the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica". The Journal of Parasitology. 89 (5): 1034–1038. doi:10.1645/GE-3127. PMID 14627152. S2CID 45792749 – via PubMed.
- ^ Rodríguez-Ortíz, Beatriz; García-Prieto, Luis; Herrera-Vázquez, Jonathan; Pérez-Ponce de León, Gerardo (June 7, 2004). "Addendum to the Checklist of the helminth parasites of vertebrates in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52 (2): 355–361. doi:10.15517/rbt.v52i2.15250. PMID 17354385 – via SciELO.