Physalopteridae

Physalopteridae

Physalopteridae

Family of roundworms

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.

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The Physalopteridae include species which are parasitic in various vertebrates.

Systematics

The family includes: [2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris
  2. [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. [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 icon


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