Dictyocaulidae is a family of
nematodes
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broa ...
belonging to the order
Rhabditida
Rhabditida is an order of free-living, zooparasitic, and phytoparasitic microbivorous nematodes living in soil.
The Cephalobidae, Panagrolaimidae, Steinernematidae, and Strongyloididae seem to be closer to the Tylenchia, regardless of whet ...
.
Genera:
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Borrellostrongylus''
Gutiérrez, 1945
* ''
Bronchonema''
Mönnig, 1932
* ''
Cardiostrongylus''
Sakamoto & Malgor, 1995
* ''
Dictyocaulus
''Dictyocaulus'' is a genus of nematode parasites of the bronchial tree of horses, sheep, goats, deer, and cattle. ''Dictyocaulus arnfieldi'' is the lungworm of horses, and ''Dictyocaulus viviparus'' is the lungworm affecting ruminants.
''Dic ...
''
Railliet & Henry, 1907
* ''
Mertensinema''
Sharpilo, 1976
References
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Nematodes