Piscicapillaria Moravec 1982

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 28

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626598

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Piscicapillaria Moravec 1982
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Piscicapillaria Moravec 1982

Generic diagnosis (after Moravec 2001). Capillariidae . Stichosome comprises one row of stichocytes. Males lack lateral caudal alae. Spicular sheath spiny. Small membranous bursa supported by pair of dorso-lateral digital projections (rays), curved along margin of bursa to dorsal side, and an unpaired dorsal caudal projection. One pair large caudal papillae present. Vulvar appendage absent.

One species, Piscicapillaria ( Piscicapillaria) freemani , known from Canadian Pacific fishes.

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