''Paracapillaria'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
nematodes.
Species of the genus ''Paracapillaria'' parasitise fishes and amphibians, reptiles (snakes), and a single species, ''
Paracapillaria philippinensis''
(Chitwood, Velasquez & Salazar, 1968) (often referred to as ''Capillaria philippinensis''), is known from birds and mammals including man.
There are about a dozen species parasites in fish, such as ''
Paracapillaria rhamdiae''
Moravec, González-Solís & Vargas-Vásquez, 1995.
[ ] or ''
Paracapillaria gastrica''
Moravec & Justine, 2020
References
Enoplea genera
Enoplia
Parasitic nematodes of fish
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