Capillaria is a genus of nematodes in the family Capillariidae (or Trichinellidae, according to some classifications).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Enoplida |
| Family: | Capillariidae |
| Genus: | Capillaria Zeder, 1800 |
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The taxonomy of the Capillariidae is disputed, with species included within either 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).[3] Older literature, and sometimes modern medical literature, tends to use Capillaria in the broader sense. The term capillariasis is generally used for diseases produced by all species currently or formerly classified in this genus.
Some species parasitic in fish, previously classified within Capillaria, are now included in Huffmanela (family Trichosomoididae).
Species
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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 humans
- Capillaria philippinensis; modern name Paracapillaria philippinensis; cause of intestinal capillariasis in humans
- 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
edit- Capillariasis, a disease caused by some Capillaria species
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "IRMNG - Pseudocapillaroides Moravec & Cosgrove, 1982". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
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