CAMALLANIDAE Railliet & Henry, 1915

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 60

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D054EDD-9CDC-4D16-A8B2-F1EBBDAD6E09

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626698

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FB248-FF8A-FF8D-89B9-C50921539A5E

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Plazi

scientific name

CAMALLANIDAE Railliet & Henry, 1915
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Family CAMALLANIDAE Railliet & Henry, 1915

Family diagnosis (after Moravec 2013). Outer circle of cephalic papillae comprising four large and four rudimentary papillae; inner circle formed by six very small papillae. Buccal cavity strongly sclerotized, laterally compressed and forming two sclerotized lateral valves, or rounded. Mouth opening slit-like or rounded. Lips absent or rudimentary. Pseudolabia absent. Oesophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular sections. Spicules unequal. Gubernaculum present or absent. Vulva near mid-body. Viviparous. Parasites of cold-blooded vertebrates.

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