Camallanidae is a family of
nematodes
The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (he ...
belonging to the order
Camallanida
The Camallanida are an order of nematodes. They are parasites of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. They also use copepods as obligatory secondary hosts.
They are sometimes included in the Spirurida as a suborder Camallanina. Description
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Genera
Genera:
* ''
Camallanides''
Baylis & Daubney, 1922
* ''
Camallanus
''Camallanus'' is a genus of parasitic roundworms in the family Camallanidae.
'' Camallanus cotti'' is a parasite of several freshwater fish species including '' Tachysurus fulvidraco'', the yellowhead catfish or Korean bullhead, a species of b ...
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Railliet & Henry, 1915
* ''
Malayocamallanus''
Jothy & Fernando, 1971
* ''
Neocamallanus''
Chakravarty, Majumdar & Sain, 1961
* ''
Neocylicostrongylus''
Arya & Johnson, 1977
* ''
Neoparacamallanus''
Bilqees & Akram, 1982
* ''
Onchophora''
Diesling, 1851
* ''
Oncophora''
Diesing, 1851
* ''
Paracamallanus''
Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
* ''
Platocamallanus''
Bilqees & Akram, 1982
* ''
Procamallanides''
Khera, 1956
* ''
Procamallanus''
Baylis, 1923
* ''
Serpinema''
Yeh, 1960
* ''
Spirocamallanus''
Olsen
* ''
Spirocotyle''
Yasmin & Bilqees, 2007
* ''
Thelazo''
Pearse, 1933
References
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Nematodes
Nematode families