Cystidicola Explained

Cystidicola is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Cystidicola are parasitic in the swimbladder of fish.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,^[2] the genus currently (2018) includes only the following species:

• Cystidicola farionis Fischer, 1798.

The eggs of Cystidicola farionis are covered with numerous filaments.^{[3] [4]}

Other species have been included in the genus but are now considered to be part of other genera:

• Cystidicola marina Szidat, 1961
• Cystidicola salmonicola Ishii, 1916
• Cystidicola skrjabini Layman, 1933
• Cystidicola walkeri Ekbaum, 1935

Notes and References

1. Ko. Ronald C.. Anderson. Roy C.. A revision of the genus Cystidicola Fischer, 1798 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) of the swim bladder of fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26. 4. 1969. 849–864. 0015-296X. 10.1139/f69-083.
2. Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2018). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cystidicola Fisher, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22865 on 2019-01-03
3. Van den Berghe. Louis. Sur l'existence de filaments latéraux sur la coque de l'œuf de Cystidicola farionis Fischer 1798. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 13. 5. 1935. 435–438. 0003-4150. 10.1051/parasite/1935135435. free.
4. Miscampbell. Allyson E. Lankester. Murray W. Adamson. Martin L. Molecular and morphological variation within swim bladder nematodes, Cystidicola spp.. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61. 7. 2004. 1143–1152. 0706-652X. 10.1139/f04-064.