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.

Acuariidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Spirurida
Family:	Acuariidae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
Genera
About 40, see text
Synonyms
Acuariidae Seurat, 1913 Spiropteridae Leiper, 1911 Streptocaridae Skrjabin, Sobolev & Ivashkin, 1965

Genera

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

Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

• Acuaria Bremser, 1811
• Cheilospirura Diesing, 1861
• Chevreuxia Seurat, 1918
• Chordatortilis Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965
• Chordocephalus Alegret, 1941
• Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858
• Decorataria Sobolev, 1949 (sometimes included in Syncuaria)
• Desportesius Chabaud & Campana, 1949
• Dispharynx Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (sometimes included in Synhimantus)
• Echinuria Soloviev, 1912
• Paracuaria Krishna Rao, 1951
• Pectinospirura Wehr, 1933
• Sexansocara Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939
• Skrjabinocerca Shikhoblaova, 1930
• Skrjabinoclava Sobolev, 1943
• Stammerinema Osche, 1955
• Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (sometimes included in Echinuria)
• Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912
• Willmottia Mawson, 1982
• Xenocordon Mawson, 1982

Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918

• Ancyracanthopsis Diesing, 1861
• Quasithelazia Maplestone, 1932 (sometimes included in Schistorophus)
• Schistorophus Railliet, 1916
• Sciadiocara Skrjabin, 1916
• Viktorocara Guschanskaja, 1950

Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932

• Aviculariella Wehr, 1931
• Ingliseria Gibson, 1968
• Proyseria Petter, 1959
• Pseudohaplonema Wang et al., 1978
• Rusguniella Seurat, 1919
• Seuratia Skrjabin, 1916
• Stegophorus Wehr, 1934
• Streptocara Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

Incertae sedis

• Antechiniella Quentin & Beveridge, 1986
• Chandleronema Little & Ali, 1980
• Cyclopsinema Cobb, 1927
• Deliria Vicente, Magalhaes Pinto & Noronha, 1980
• Molinacuaria Wong & Lankester, 1985
• Pseudoaviculariella Gupta & Jehan, 1971
• Tikusnema Hasegawa, Shiraishi & Rochma, 1992
• Voguracuaria Wong & Anderson, 1993

References

• Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.