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Capillaria (nematode)

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Capillaria
Caudal extremity of male Eucoleus aerophilus (Capillaria aerophila) (scale bar – 100 μm)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Enoplida
Family: Capillariidae
Genus: Capillaria
Zeder, 1800
Synonyms
  • Calodium Dujardin, 1844
  • Pseudocapillaroides Moravec & Cosgrove, 1982[2]

Capillaria is a genus of nematodes in the family Capillariidae (or Trichinellidae, according to some classifications).

The taxonomy of the Capillariidae is disputed, with species included within either the single genus Capillaria or 22 different genera (Amphibiocapillaria, Aonchotheca, Baruscapillaria, Calodium, Capillaria, Capillostrongyloides, Crocodylocapillaria, Echinocoleus, Eucoleus, Freitascapillaria, Gessyella, Liniscus, Paracapillaria, Paracapillaroides, Pearsonema, Paratrichosoma, Pseudocapillaria, Piscicapillaria, Pseudocapillaroides, Pterothominx, Schulmanela, and Tenoranema).[3] Older literature, and sometimes modern medical literature, tends to use Capillaria in the broader sense. The term capillariasis is generally used for diseases produced by all species currently or formerly classified in this genus.

Some species parasitic in fish, previously classified within Capillaria, are now included in Huffmanela (family Trichosomoididae).

Species

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Capillaria plectropomi, caudal end of male[4]

Species in the genus Capillaria include (among hundreds of described species):

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lalošević, V.; Lalošević, D. A.; Čapo, I.; Simin, V.; Galfi, A.; Traversa, D. (2013). "High infection rate of zoonotic Eucoleus aerophilus infection in foxes from Serbia". Parasite. 20: 3. doi:10.1051/parasite/2012003. PMC 3718516. PMID 23340229. Open access icon
  2. ^ "IRMNG - Pseudocapillaroides Moravec & Cosgrove, 1982". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ Moravec, František 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (list of genera in pages 30-32) (ISBN 8020008055)
  4. ^ Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2014). "Capillaria plectropomi n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a new intestinal parasite of the leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae) off New Caledonia". Parasite. 21: 76. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014076. PMC 4273703. PMID 25531932.Open access icon