Family Spirocercidae

Rev. 03/10/2020

 

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Spiruria

     Order Spirurida

        Superfamily Spiruroidea

Spirocercidae Chabaud, 1975


Parasites of Vertebrates: Stomach parasites of mammals, birds and reptiles - reported from lizards, cats, dogs, birds, rodents, cougars and others.

Chabaud (1975) separated the family Spirocercidae from the Spiruridae on the basis of the buccal capsule being laterally flattened in Spiruridae but not in Spirocercidae,, the mouth being dorso-ventrally elongate in the Spiruridae but hexagonal in the Spirocercidae, and the absence of teeth the buccal capsule of Spiruridae but generally present in Spirocercidae.

 

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