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| Superfamily: | Acuarioidea Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 |
| Family: | Acuariidae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 |
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About 40, see text | |
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Acuariidae Seurat, 1913 Spiropteridae Leiper, 1911 Streptocaridae Skrjabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965 | |
Acuariidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Acuarioidea, and number about 40 genera and 300 species, most of which are parasites of birds.[1]
Genera
Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic.[1] At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
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Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918
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Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932
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Footnotes
References
- Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.
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