Acuariidae

Acuariidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Subclass:	Spiruria
Order:	Spirurida
Superfamily:	Acuarioidea Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Family:	Acuariidae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Genera
About 40, see text
Synonyms
Acuariidae Seurat, 1913 Spiropteridae Leiper, 1911 Streptocaridae Skrjabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965

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 Acuarioidea, and number about 40 genera and 300 species, most of which are parasites of birds.

Genera

Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic. At least some of them are liable to be invalid.

Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

• Acuaria Bremser, 1811
• Cheilospirura Diesing, 1861
• Chevreuxia Seurat, 1918
• Chordatortilis Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965
• Chordocephalus Alegret, 1941
• Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858
• Decorataria Sobolev, 1949 (sometimes included in Syncuaria)
• Desportesius Chabaud & Campana, 1949
• Dispharynx Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (sometimes included in Synhimantus)
• Echinuria Soloviev, 1912
• Paracuaria Krishna Rao, 1951
• Pectinospirura Wehr, 1933
• Sexansocara Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939
• Skrjabinocerca Shikhoblaova, 1930
• Skrjabinoclava Sobolev, 1943
• Stammerinema Osche, 1955
• Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (sometimes included in Echinuria)
• Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
• Willmottia Mawson, 1982
• Xenocordon Mawson, 1982

Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918

• Ancyracanthopsis Diesing, 1861
• Quasithelazia Maplestone, 1932 (sometimes included in Schistorophus)
• Schistorophus Railliet, 1916
• Sciadiocara Skrjabin, 1916
• Viktorocara Guschanskaja, 1950

Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932

• Aviculariella Wehr, 1931
• Ingliseria Gibson, 1968
• Proyseria Petter, 1959
• Pseudohaplonema Wang et al., 1978
• Rusguniella Seurat, 1919
• Seuratia Skrjabin, 1916
• Stegophorus Wehr, 1934
• Streptocara Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

Incertae sedis

• Antechiniella Quentin & Beveridge, 1986
• Chandleronema Little & Ali, 1980
• Cyclopsinema Cobb, 1927
• Deliria Vicente, Magalhaes Pinto & Noronha, 1980
• Molinacuaria Wong & Lankester, 1985
• Pseudoaviculariella Gupta & Jehan, 1971
• Tikusnema Hasegawa, Shiraishi & Rochma, 1992
• Voguracuaria Wong & Anderson, 1993

References

• Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.