Physalopteridae

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Physalopteridae
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Physaloptera ngoci, scanning electron microscopy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Suborder: Spirurida
Infraorder: Spiruromorpha
Superfamily: Physalopteroidea
Family: Physalopteridae
Railliet, 1893
Genera

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Physalopteridae is a family of spirurian nematodes, [1] which belongs to the superfamily Physalopteroidea. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.

The Physalopteridae include species which are parasitic in various vertebrates.

Systematics

The family includes: [2] [3]

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References

  1. Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris
  2. Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Mokievsky, V.; Venekey, V.; Vanreusel, A. (2018). NeMys: World Database of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. Physalopteridae Railliet, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22839 on 2018-08-06
  3. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2018). "Rasheedia n. nom. (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) for Bulbocephalus Rasheed, 1966 (a homonym of Bulbocephalus Watson, 1916), with description of Rasheedia heptacanthi n. sp. and R. novaecaledoniensis n. sp. from perciform fishes off New Caledonia". Parasite. 25: 39. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018033. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   6063723 . PMID   30052500. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg