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Tetrameres

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Tetrameres
a genus of roundworms in the family Tetrameridae. They show marked sexual dimorphism, the female being globular and the male slender and filiform. They inhabit the proventriculus of birds and may kill young birds.

Tetrameres americana
found in fowl and turkey.
Tetrameres confusa
found in the fowl and pigeon.
Tetrameres crami
found in domestic and wild ducks.
Tetrameres fissispina
found in fowl, duck, turkey, pigeon and wild aquatic birds.
Tetrameres mohtedai
found in fowl.
Tetrameres pattersoni
found in quail.

tetrameres
spiruroid nematodes in the family Tetrameridae.


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