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]
| Paracapillaria | |
|---|---|
| |
| Paracapillaria philippinensis, egg | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Enoplida |
| Family: | Capillariidae |
| Genus: | Paracapillaria Mendonça, 1963 |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "Paracapillaria (Paracapillaria) gastrica n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the marine fish Synodus variegatus Lacépède (Synodontidae, Aulopiformes) off New Caledonia" (PDF). Systematic Parasitology. 97 (2): 157–163. doi:10.1007/s11230-020-09907-7. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 32065371. S2CID 211127665.
- ^ Moravec, F.; González Solis, D.; Vargas Vázquez, J. (1995). "Paracapillaria rhamdiae sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from Rhamdia guatemalensis (Pisces) in Yucatan, Mexico". Parasite. 2 (2S): 235–238. doi:10.1051/parasite/199502s2235. ISSN 1252-607X.
_-_Body.png){kind=small} | This Enoplea nematode (or roundworm-) related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |