Ixodes

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Ixodes
Temporal range: Cenomanian–present
Ixodes ricinus, engorged
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Latreille, 1795 [1]
Type species
Acarus ricinus
Ixodes hexagonus
Ixodes pacificus
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes uriae

Ixodes is a

pathogenic bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi[3] responsible for causing Lyme disease. Additional organisms that may be transmitted by Ixodes are parasites from the genus Babesia, which cause babesiosis, and bacteria from the related genus Anaplasma, which cause anaplasmosis
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Species

These species are recognised within the genus Ixodes:[4]

References

External links

  • Media related to Ixodes at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ixodes at Wikispecies
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