Heterakidae 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
Ascaridida
The order Ascaridida includes several families of parasitic roundworms with three "lips" on the anterior end. They were formerly placed in the subclass Rhabditia by some, but morphological and DNA sequence data rather unequivocally assign them t ...
.
Genera
Genera:
* ''
Africana''
Travassos, 1920
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Bufonerakis''
Baker, 1980
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Cagourakis''
Petter, Chermette & Vassart, 1988
* ''
Haroldakis''
Inglis, 1991
* ''
Hatterianema''
Chabaud & Dollfus, 1966
* ''
Heterakis
''Heterakis'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes. Members of the genus are minute roundworms (pinworms), hardly 1 cm long, infecting different species of gallinaceous birds, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, grouse, guineafowl, par ...
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Dujardin, 1845
* ''
Kiwinema''
Inglis & Harris, 1990
* ''
Meteterakis''
Karve, 1930
* ''
Moaciria''
Teixeira de Freitas, 1956
* ''
Musserakis''
Hasegawa, Dewi & Asakawa, 2014-04
* ''
Neoheterakis''
Kumar & Thienpont, 1974
* ''
Odontoterakis''
Skrjabin & Schikhobalova, 1947
* ''
Pseudostrongyluris''
Guerrero, 1971
* ''
Spinicauda''
Travassos, 1920
* ''
Strongyluris''
Müller, 1894
References
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Nematodes