''Parachordodes'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family
Chordodidae
Chordodidae is a family of parasitic horsehair worms belonging to the order Gordioidea; its taxonomy is under review.
Genera
Two subfamilies are currently recognised; unless referenced otherwise, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility inc ...
.
The species of this genus are found in
Europe
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and
East Asia
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.
Several cases of
human infections have been reported in
South Korea
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,
Japan
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.
Species:
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Parachordodes arndti''
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Parachordodes capitosulcatus''
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Parachordodes ciferrii''
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Parachordodes lestici''
[Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (2019). FADA Nematomorpha: World checklist of freshwater Nematomorpha species (version Dec 2010). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.]
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Parachordodes megareolatus''
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Parachordodes okadai''
[Heinze, K. (1935). Weitere neue Parachordodes-Arten aus Asien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 112, 155-158.][Mayr, E. (2015). Principles of systematic zoology. Scientific Publishers.]
References
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Nematomorpha