Family Thelaziidae

                                 Revised 01/27/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

    Order Rhabditida

Suborder Spirurina

        Superfamily Thelazioidea

 Thelaziidae Railliet, 1916

Parasites of mammals and birds, with invertebrate vectors.  Cause ocular infections and are commonly called eyeworms.


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References

Otranto, D.,, E Ferroglio, RP Lia, D Traversa, Rossi, L. 2003. Current status and epidemiological observation of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in Italy: a “coincidence” or a parasitic disease of the Old Continent? Veterinary Parasitology 116:315-325,

 

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