Acuariidae

Acuariidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Spirurida
Family:	Acuariidae; Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Genera
	About 40, see text
Synonyms
	Acuariidae Seurat, 1913 Spiropteridae Leiper, 1911 Streptocaridae Skrjabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965

Acuariidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Acuarioidea, and number about 40 genera and 300 species, most of which are parasites of birds.^[1]

Genera

Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic.^[1] At least some of them are liable to be invalid.

Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

Acuaria Bremser, 1811
Cheilospirura Diesing, 1861
Chevreuxia Seurat, 1918
Chordatortilis Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965
Chordocephalus Alegret, 1941
Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858
Decorataria Sobolev, 1949 (sometimes included in Syncuaria)
Desportesius Chabaud & Campana, 1949
Dispharynx Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (sometimes included in Synhimantus)
Echinuria Soloviev, 1912
Paracuaria Krishna Rao, 1951
Pectinospirura Wehr, 1933
Sexansocara Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939
Skrjabinocerca Shikhoblaova, 1930
Skrjabinoclava Sobolev, 1943
Stammerinema Osche, 1955
Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (sometimes included in Echinuria)
Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Willmottia Mawson, 1982
Xenocordon Mawson, 1982

Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918

Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932

Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.

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