Camallanus

Camallanus
Guppy female with Camallanus cotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Camallanida
Family:	Camallanidae
Genus:	Camallanus Railliet and Henry, 1915
Species
Camallanus cotti Camallanus fotedari Camallanus hypophthalmichthys Camallanus lacustris Camallanus nithoggi Camallanus oxycephalus Camallanus trispinosus Camallanus tuckeri Camallanus waelhreow

Camallanus is a genus of parasitic roundworms in the family Camallanidae.

Camallanus cotti is a parasite of several freshwater fish species including Tachysurus fulvidraco , the yellowhead catfish or Korean bullhead, a species of bagrid catfish found in eastern Asia from Siberia to China, Korea, Vietnam and Laos. Species such as Camallanus fotedari are parasites of aquarium fish. Fenbendazole, a drug, has gained prominence among aquarists as an effective treatment for Camallanus roundworm infestations in freshwater tropical fish.

Camallanus trispinosus has been found in a captive Indian star tortoise ( Geochelone elegans ). ^[1]

References

1. Jeyathilakan, N; Raman, M; Jayathangaraj, MG (2015). "Occurrence of Camallanus trispinosus in a captive Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)". J Parasit Dis. 39: 117–9. doi:10.1007/s12639-013-0290-9. PMC   4328025 . PMID   25698874.

• Sur les nématodes du genre Goezia Zeder. A Railliet, A Henry, Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (Bull. Soc. Path, exot), 1915
• Sur les Nématodes du genre Camallanus Raill. et Henry, 1915 (Cucullanus Auct., non Mueller, 1777). A Railliet, Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (Bull. Soc. Path, exot), 1915
• Présence du nématode Camallanus fotedari dans le tube digestif de poissons d'aquarium de diverses provenances. Y Campana-Rouget, AJ Petter, M Kremer, B Molet..., Bull. Acad. Vét. Fr, 1976
• On a reconstruction of the genus Camallanus Railliet and Henry, 1915. Y Liang-Sheng, Journal of Helminthology, 1960

External links

• "Camallanus". The Encyclopedia of Life .