Capillaria (nematode)
Capillaria is a genus of nematodes in the family Capillariidae (or, according to classifications, in the family Trichinellidae).
| Capillaria | |
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| Caudal extremity of male Eucoleus aerophilus (Capillaria aerophila) (scale bar – 100 μm)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Enoplida |
| Family: | Capillariidae |
| Genus: | Capillaria Zeder, 1800 |
Since the taxonomy of the Capillariidae is disputed, species are included within the single genus Capillaria or 22 different genera (Amphibiocapillaria, Aonchotheca, Baruscapillaria, Calodium, Capillaria, Capillostrongyloides, Crocodylocapillaria, Echinocoleus, Eucoleus, Freitascapillaria, Gessyella, Liniscus, Paracapillaria, Paracapillaroides, Pearsonema, Paratrichosoma, Pseudocapillaria, Piscicapillaria, Pseudocapillaroides, Pterothominx, Schulmanela, and Tenoranema).[2]
Some species parasitic in fish, previously classified within Capillaria, are now included in Huffmanela (family Trichosomoididae).
Old literature, and sometimes modern medical literature, use Capillaria as a genus for species included in all these genera.
The term Capillariasis is generally used for diseases produced by species of Capillaria, even if the species is now placed in another genus.
Species
Species in the genus Capillaria include (among hundreds of described species):
- Capillaria aerophila; modern name Eucoleus aerophilus; a parasite of the respiratory system of foxes and other mammals
- Capillaria gastrica; a parasite of rodents
- Capillaria hepatica; modern name Calodium hepaticum; cause of hepatic capillariasis in man
- Capillaria philippinensis; modern name Paracapillaria philippinensis; cause of intestinal capillariasis in man
- Capillaria plica; modern name Pearsonema plica; a parasite of the urinary system of dogs and other mammals
- Capillaria feliscati; modern name Pearsonema feliscati; a parasite of the urinary system of cats and other mammals
See also
- Capillariasis, a disease caused by some Capillaria species
References
- Lalošević, V.; Lalošević, D. A.; Čapo, I.; Simin, V.; Galfi, A.; Traversa, D. (2013). "High infection rate of zoonotic Eucoleus aerophilus infection in foxes from Serbia". Parasite. 20: 3. doi:10.1051/parasite/2012003. PMC 3718516. PMID 23340229.
- Moravec, František 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (list of genera in pages 30-32) (ISBN 8020008055)
- Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2014). "Capillaria plectropomi n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a new intestinal parasite of the leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae) off New Caledonia". Parasite. 21: 76. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014076. PMC 4273703. PMID 25531932.