Acuariidae is a
family
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of
spiruria
Subclass Spiruria comprises mostly parasitic secernentean nematodes. In an alternate classification, they are treated as suborder Spirurina, with the orders listed here being ranked as infraorders.
The Ascaridida and the Oxyurida, which include ...
n
nematode
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s. Like all nematodes, they have neither a
circulatory
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nor a
respiratory system
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. They are the only family in
superfamily
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Acuarioidea, and number about 40
genera
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and 300
species
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, most of which are
parasite
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s of
bird
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s.
[Hallan (2007)]
Genera
Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are
monotypic
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.
At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
Subfamily Acuariinae
Railliet
Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet (also known as Alcide Railliet, born 11 March 1852 at La Neuville-lès-Wasigny in the Ardennes – died 25 December 1930) was a French veterinarian and helminthologist.
Professor at the Veterinary School of Alfort, ...
, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
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Acuaria
''Acuaria'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Acuariidae
Acuariidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Acuarioi ...
''
Bremser, 1811
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Cheilospirura''
Diesing, 1861
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Chevreuxia''
Seurat, 1918
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Chordatortilis''
Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965
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Chordocephalus''
Alegret, 1941
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Cosmocephalus''
Molin, 1858
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Decorataria''
Sobolev, 1949 (sometimes included in ''Syncuaria'')
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Desportesius''
Chabaud & Campana, 1949
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Dispharynx
''Synhimantus'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Acuariidae
Acuariidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Acua ...
''
Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (sometimes included in ''Synhimantus'')
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Echinuria''
Soloviev, 1912
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Paracuaria''
Krishna Rao, 1951
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Pectinospirura''
Wehr, 1933
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Sexansocara''
Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939
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Skrjabinocerca''
Shikhoblaova, 1930
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Skrjabinoclava''
Sobolev, 1943
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Stammerinema''
Osche, 1955
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Syncuaria
''Syncuaria'' is a genus of parasites in the family Acuariidae, first described in 1927. They are usually found in the gizzard lining of the aquatic birds that they parasitize which belong to Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes and Podicipediformes. T ...
''
Gilbert, 1927 (sometimes included in ''Echinuria'')
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Synhimantus''
Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
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Willmottia''
Mawson, 1982
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Xenocordon''
Mawson, 1982
Subfamily Schistorophinae
Travassos, 1918
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Ancyracanthopsis''
Diesing, 1861
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Quasithelazia''
Maplestone, 1932 (sometimes included in ''Schistorophus'')
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Schistorophus''
Railliet, 1916
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Sciadiocara''
Skrjabin, 1916
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Viktorocara''
Guschanskaja, 1950
Subfamily Seuratiinae
Chitwood & Wehr, 1932
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Aviculariella''
Wehr, 1931
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Ingliseria''
Gibson, 1968
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Proyseria''
Petter, 1959
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Pseudohaplonema''
Wang ''et al.'', 1978
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Rusguniella''
Seurat, 1919
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Seuratia''
Skrjabin, 1916
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Stegophorus''
Wehr, 1934
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Streptocara''
Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
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Incertae sedis''
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Antechiniella''
Quentin & Beveridge, 1986
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Chandleronema''
Little & Ali, 1980
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Cyclopsinema''
Cobb, 1927
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Deliria''
Vicente, Magalhaes Pinto & Noronha, 1980
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Molinacuaria''
Wong & Lankester, 1985
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Pseudoaviculariella''
Gupta & Jehan, 1971
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Tikusnema''
Hasegawa, Shiraishi & Rochma, 1992
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Voguracuaria''
Wong & Anderson, 1993
Footnotes
References
* (2007)
Family Acuariidae Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.
Spirurida
Nematode families
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