Overview
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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
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Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic[1]. At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
Footnotes
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b>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
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Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic[1]. At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
Footnotes
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References
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- Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.
Taxonomy
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The Family Acuariidae is a member of the Superfamily Spiruroidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acuariidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Aschelminthes
- Phylum: Nematoda
(Rudolphi, 1808) Lankester, 1877 - Round Worms
- Class: Secernentea
Von Linstow, 1905
- Subclass: Spiruria
- Order: Spirurida
- Suborder: Spirurina
- Superfamily: Spiruroidea
- Family: Acuariidae
- Superfamily: Spiruroidea
- Suborder: Spirurina
- Order: Spirurida
- Subclass: Spiruria
- Class: Secernentea
Von Linstow, 1905
- Phylum: Nematoda
(Rudolphi, 1808) Lankester, 1877 - Round Worms
- Superphylum: Aschelminthes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Acuariidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (17): Acuaria · Cosmocephalus · Decorataria · Desportesius · Dispharynx · Echinuria · Paracuaria · Rusguniella · Schistorophus · Sciadiocara · Skrjabinocerca · Skrjabinoclava · Stegophorus · Streptocara · Syncuaria · Synhimantus · Viktorocara
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in the Family Acuariidae.
Genera
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Acuaria
Cosmocephalus
Decorataria
Desportesius
Dispharynx
Echinuria
Paracuaria
Rusguniella
Schistorophus
Sciadiocara
Skrjabinocerca
Skrjabinoclava
Stegophorus
Streptocara
Syncuaria
Synhimantus
Viktorocara
More info about the Genus Viktorocara may be found here.
References
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- Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.
Sources
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