Cystidicola
Genus of roundworms
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Cystidicola is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Cystidicola are parasitic in the swimbladder of fish.[1][2]
| Cystidicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cystidicolidae |
| Genus: | Cystidicola Fischer, 1798 |
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,[1] the genus currently (2018) includes only the following species:
- Cystidicola farionis Fischer, 1798.
The eggs of Cystidicola farionis are covered with numerous filaments.[3][4]
Other species have been included in the genus but are now considered to be part of other genera:
- Cystidicola marina Szidat, 1961
- Cystidicola salmonicola Ishii, 1916
- Cystidicola skrjabini Layman, 1933
- Cystidicola walkeri Ekbaum, 1935
