Family: Filaroididae

Revised 02/27/24

 

Classification:
 

   Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida
Rhabditina
Metastrongyloidea

           Filaroididae Schulz, 1951

Parasites of respiratory system of dogs, cats, seals, marsupials

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Biology and Life Cycle:

 Life cycles of the family are variable; they can be either direct, involve gastropod molluscs or coprophagous fish as intermediate hosts and the use of paratenic hosts (Anderson, 2000).

 

References:

Anderson, R. C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Their Development and Transmission. CABI, Wallingford.

Anderson, R.C. 2009. Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates: archival volume. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845935726.0178

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

 

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