Physalopteridae Explained

Physalopteridae is a family of spirurian nematodes,^[1] which belongs to the superfamily Physalopteroidea. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.

The Physalopteridae include species which are parasitic in various vertebrates.

Systematics

The family includes: ^{[2] [3]}

• Subfamily Physalopterinae Railliet, 1893
  • Genus Physaloptera Rudolphi, 1819
  • Genus Abbreviata Travassos, 1920
• Subfamily Proleptinae Schulz, 1927
  • Genus Rasheedia Moravec & Justine, 2018
  • Genus Heliconema Travassos, 1919
  • Genus Paraleptus Wu, 1927
  • Genus Proleptus Dujardin, 1845

Notes and References

1. Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris
2. Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Mokievsky, V.; Venekey, V.; Vanreusel, A. (2018). NeMys: World Database of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. Physalopteridae Railliet, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22839 on 2018-08-06
3. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. Rasheedia n. nom. (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) for Bulbocephalus Rasheed, 1966 (a homonym of Bulbocephalus Watson, 1916), with description of Rasheedia heptacanthi n. sp. and R. novaecaledoniensis n. sp. from perciform fishes off New Caledonia. Parasite. 25. 2018. 39. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2018033. 30052500. 6063723.