Acuariidae


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.

Genera

Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic. At least some of them are liable to be invalid.

Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912Acuaria Bremser, 1811Cheilospirura Diesing, 1861Chevreuxia Seurat, 1918Chordatortilis Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965Chordocephalus Alegret, 1941Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858Decorataria Sobolev, 1949 Desportesius Chabaud & Campana, 1949Dispharynx Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 Echinuria Soloviev, 1912Paracuaria Krishna Rao, 1951Pectinospirura Wehr, 1933Sexansocara Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939Skrjabinocerca Shikhoblaova, 1930Skrjabinoclava Sobolev, 1943Stammerinema Osche, 1955Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912Willmottia Mawson, 1982Xenocordon Mawson, 1982
Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918Ancyracanthopsis Diesing, 1861Quasithelazia Maplestone, 1932 Schistorophus Railliet, 1916Sciadiocara Skrjabin, 1916Viktorocara Guschanskaja, 1950
Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932Aviculariella Wehr, 1931Ingliseria Gibson, 1968Proyseria Petter, 1959Pseudohaplonema Wang et al., 1978Rusguniella Seurat, 1919Seuratia Skrjabin, 1916Stegophorus Wehr, 1934Streptocara Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Incertae sedisAntechiniella Quentin & Beveridge, 1986Chandleronema Little & Ali, 1980Cyclopsinema Cobb, 1927Deliria Vicente, Magalhaes Pinto & Noronha, 1980Molinacuaria Wong & Lankester, 1985Pseudoaviculariella Gupta & Jehan, 1971Tikusnema Hasegawa, Shiraishi & Rochma, 1992Voguracuaria Wong & Anderson, 1993