Acuariidae
Family of roundworms
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Suborder: | Spirurida |
| Family: | Acuariidae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 |
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About 40, see text | |
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Acuariidae Seurat, 1913 Spiropteridae Leiper, 1911 Streptocaridae Skrjabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965 | |
Genera
Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic.[1] At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
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Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918
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Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932
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