Physalopteridae 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 ...
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nematodes,
[Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris] which belongs to the
superfamily Physalopteroidea. Like all nematodes, they have neither a
circulatory
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nor a
respiratory system
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.
The Physalopteridae include species which are parasitic in various vertebrates.
Systematics
The family includes:
[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 ][ ]
* Subfamily Physalopterinae
Railliet, 1893
** Genus ''
Physaloptera
Systematics
''Physaloptera'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Physalopteridae. Species include:
*''Physaloptera dilatata''Muniz-Pereira et al., 2009, p. 11
*''Physaloptera dispar''
*''Physaloptera hispida''Kinsella, 1974, p ...
''
Rudolphi
Karl Asmund Rudolphi (14 July 1771 – 29 November 1832) was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology".
Life
Rudolphi was born in Stockholm to German parents. He was awarded his PhD in 1793 a ...
, 1819
** Genus ''Abbreviata''
Travassos, 1920
* Subfamily Proleptinae
Schulz, 1927
** Genus ''
Rasheedia''
Moravec & Justine, 2018
** Genus ''
Heliconema''
Travassos, 1919
** Genus ''
Paraleptus''
Wu, 1927
** Genus ''
Proleptus''
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, 1845
References
Spirurida
Nematode families
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