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Capillaria Zeder 1800

Description

Capillaria Zeder, 1800

Generic diagnosis (after Moravec 2001). Capillariidae. Stichosome comprises one row of stichocytes. Lateral caudal alae absent from males. Posterior end of male rounded, usually with two lateral or ventro-lateral lobes. Membranous bursa absent. One pair of small papillae near cloacal opening. Spicule with many rough transverse grooves on surface. Spicular sheath spiny.

Notes

Published as part of Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 4185 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165530

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Capillariidae
Genus
Capillaria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trichocephalida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
Zeder
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Capillaria Zeder, 1800 sec. Arai & Smith, 2016

References

  • Moravec, F. (2001) Trichinelloid Nematodes Parasitic in Cold-Blooded Vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 429 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.14411 / fp. 2002.007