Parafilaria

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina
                          Filarioidea
                   Filariidae
 
  •             Parafilaria
  • The genus name Filaria Mueller, 1787 was first used generally for thread-like nematode parasites found in body cavities of their hosts (Stiles & Hassall, 1922). The genus Filaria was later split into different genera distinguished by characters which often had not been considered in the original descriptions .(Guerrero and Bain, 2011).

     

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    References:

    Guerrero, R. and Bain, O. 2011. Study of types of some species of “Filaria” (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by von Linstow and Molin . Parasite 18:151-161.

    Stiles C.W. and  Hassall A. 1922. Index-Catalogue of medical and veterinarian zoology subjects: round-worms (Nematoda, Gordiacea and Acanthocephala) and the diseases they cause. United States Public Health Service Laboratory. Bulletin N° 114. Government printing office, Washington,  886 p

    Study of types of some species of “Filaria” (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by von Linstow and Molin

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