| Paracapillaria | |
|---|---|
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| Paracapillaria philippinensis , egg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Enoplida |
| Family: | Capillariidae |
| Genus: | Paracapillaria Mendonça, 1963 |
Paracapillaria is a genus of parasitic nematodes. Species of the genus Paracapillaria parasitise fishes and amphibians, reptiles (snakes), and a single species, Paracapillaria philippinensis (Chitwood, Velasquez & Salazar, 1968) (often referred to as Capillaria philippinensis), is known from birds and mammals including man. [1]
There are about a dozen species parasites in fish, such as Paracapillaria rhamdiae Moravec, González-Solís & Vargas-Vásquez, 1995. [2] or Paracapillaria gastrica Moravec & Justine, 2020 [1]
