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Muellerius capillaris

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Muellerius capillaris is a species in the family Metastrongylidae, order Rhabditida.

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Quick facts about Muellerius capillaris

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Muellerius capillaris live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Muellerius capillaris as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Czechia
  2. Estonia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Muellerius capillaris endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Muellerius capillaris classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumNematoda
  3. classChromadorea
  4. orderRhabditida
  5. familyMetastrongylidae
  6. genusMuellerius
  7. SpeciesMuellerius capillaris (Müller, 1889) Cameron, 1927

Synonyms Muellerius minutissimus, Pseudalius capillaris

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 모세폐충Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Muellerius capillaris

Other species in the same genus Muellerius.

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Common questions

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Is Muellerius capillaris an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Muellerius capillaris as introduced in 2 countries: Czechia and Estonia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Muellerius capillaris?

Muellerius capillaris (Muellerius capillaris) belongs to the family Metastrongylidae in the order Rhabditida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Muellerius capillaris (Muellerius capillaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/muellerius-capillaris

MLA

“Muellerius capillaris (Muellerius capillaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/muellerius-capillaris.

BibTeX
@misc{muellerius_capillaris_2026,
  title = {Muellerius capillaris (Muellerius capillaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/muellerius-capillaris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}