Family Kathlaniidae

Rev. 09/13/2022

 

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea
    Subclass Chromadoria

     Order Rhabditida

        Superfamily Cosmocercoidea

Kathlaniidae Travassos, 1918

 

A family of nematodes that are mainly parasites of lizards, turtles and other reptiles, also of mammals. In some cases, fish identified as paratenic hosts.

In the family, nine genera parasitize different groups of hosts:

 

References:

Chabaud A.G. 2009. Ascaridida: Cosmocercoidea, Seuratoidea and Heterakoidea. In: Anderson R.C., Chabaud A.G. and Willmott S. Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, CABI, 248–308.

Gibbons L.M. 2010. Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Supplementary Volume. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxford, UK, 416 pp.

Gonzalez, C.E., Sanabria, E.A., Quiroga, L.B. 2013. Falcaustra sanjuanensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Kathlaniidae) from Odontophrynus cf. barrioi (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from Argentina... Acta Parasitologica 58:119-125.

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