Dioctophymidae 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
Ascaridida
Ascaridomorpha is an infraorder of parasitic roundworms in the order Rhabditida
Rhabditida is an order of free-living, parasitic and microbivorous nematodes living in soil.
The Cephalobidae, Panagrolaimidae, Steinernematidae, and Strongy ...
.
/ref> Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophymatidae" but this alternative spelling was suppressed by the ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its formal author, t ...
in a 1987 ruling.ICZN Opinion 1552
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Genera:Dioctophyme
''Dioctophyme'' is a monotypic genus of nematodes belonging to the family Dioctophymidae. The only species is '' Dioctophyme renale''. Much older literature uses the alternative spelling ''"Dioctophyma"'' and the family name "Dioctophymatidae" b ...
'' Collet-Meygret, 1802
* ''Eustrongylides
''Eustrongylides'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Dioctophymidae. The species of this genus cause eustrongylidosis.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Eustrongylides excisus''
*''Eustrongylides ignotu ...
'' Jägerskiöld, 1909
* ''Hystrichis
''Hystrichis'' is a genus of nematode worm with a spinose anterior end, resembling the introvert of priapulids. Species of ''Hystrichis'' live mainly in the digestive tract of aquatic birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates ...
'' Dujardin, 1844
* '' Neostrongyloides'' Rathore & Nama, 1988
References
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Ascaridomorpha
Nematode families