Species
Ixodes pacificus (Western black-legged tick)
Ixodes pacificus. Photo: no rights reserved
Ixodes pacificus, the Western black-legged tick, is a species of Ixodes, a parasitic tick found on the western coast of North America. It is the principal vector of Lyme Disease in that region.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Superorder: Parasitiformes
- Order: Ixodida (Ticks)
- Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked ticks)
- Genus: Ixodes
- Species: Ixodes pacificus (Western black-legged tick)
- Genus: Ixodes
- Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked ticks)
- Order: Ixodida (Ticks)
- Superorder: Parasitiformes
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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