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Camallanus Railliet & Henry 1915
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Camallanus Railliet & Henry, 1915
Generic diagnosis (after Moravec 2013). Camallanidae. Mouth opening slit-like. Buccal capsule divided into two lateral valves; buccal cavity behind valves reduced to basal ring; longitudinal thickenings (bands) sustaining buccal valves continuous, smooth or armed with denticles, not separated into ventral and dorsal groups; tridents present. Usually six to seven pairs of pre-cloacal papillae in males. Spicules unequal. Parasites of alimentary tract of fishes and amphibians.
Notes
Published as part of Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 4185 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165530
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Railliet & Henry
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Nematoda
- Order
- Camallanida
- Family
- Camallanidae
- Genus
- Camallanus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Camallanus Railliet, 1915 sec. Arai & Smith, 2016