Capillaria (nematode)

{{Short description|Genus of roundworms}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Eucoleus aerophilus male spicule.jpg | image_caption = Caudal extremity of male ''Eucoleus aerophilus'' (''Capillaria aerophila'') (scale bar – 100 μm)<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1051/parasite/2012003| pmid = 23340229| title = High infection rate of zoonotic ''Eucoleus aerophilus'' infection in foxes from Serbia| journal = Parasite| volume = 20| pages = 3| year = 2013| last1 = Lalošević | first1 = V. | last2 = Lalošević | first2 = D. A. | last3 = Čapo | first3 = I. | last4 = Simin | first4 = V. | last5 = Galfi | first5 = A. | last6 = Traversa | first6 = D. | pmc = 3718516}} {{open access}}</ref> | taxon = Capillaria | authority = Zeder, 1800 | synonyms = * ''Calodium'' Dujardin, 1844 * ''Pseudocapillaroides'' Moravec & Cosgrove, 1982<ref name="IRMNG">{{cite web |title=IRMNG - Pseudocapillaroides Moravec & Cosgrove, 1982 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1218319 |website=www.irmng.org |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> }}

'''''Capillaria''''' is a genus of nematodes in the family Capillariidae (or Trichinellidae, according to some classifications).

The taxonomy of the Capillariidae is disputed, with species included within either the single genus ''Capillaria'' or 22 different genera (''Amphibiocapillaria, Aonchotheca, Baruscapillaria, Calodium, Capillaria, Capillostrongyloides, Crocodylocapillaria, Echinocoleus, Eucoleus, Freitascapillaria, Gessyella, Liniscus, Paracapillaria, Paracapillaroides, Pearsonema, Paratrichosoma, Pseudocapillaria, Piscicapillaria, Pseudocapillaroides, Pterothominx, Schulmanela'', and ''Tenoranema'').<ref>Moravec, František 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (list of genera in pages 30-32) ({{ISBN|8020008055}})</ref> Older literature, and sometimes modern medical literature, tends to use ''Capillaria'' in the broader sense. The term capillariasis is generally used for diseases produced by all species currently or formerly classified in this genus.

Some species parasitic in fish, previously classified within ''Capillaria'', are now included in ''Huffmanela'' (family Trichosomoididae).

==Species== thumb|left|''Capillaria plectropomi'', caudal end of male<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1051/parasite/2014076| title = ''Capillaria plectropomi'' n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a new intestinal parasite of the leopard coral grouper ''Plectropomus leopardus'' (Serranidae) off New Caledonia| journal = Parasite| volume = 21| pages = 76| year = 2014| last1 = Moravec | first1 = F. | last2 = Justine | first2 = J.-L. | pmid=25531932 | pmc=4273703}}{{open access}}</ref> Species in the genus ''Capillaria'' include (among hundreds of described species): * ''Capillaria aerophila''; modern name ''Eucoleus aerophilus''; a parasite of the respiratory system of foxes and other mammals * ''Capillaria gastrica''; a parasite of rodents * ''Capillaria hepatica''; modern name ''Calodium hepaticum''; cause of hepatic capillariasis in humans * ''Capillaria philippinensis''; modern name ''Paracapillaria philippinensis''; cause of intestinal capillariasis in humans * ''Capillaria plica''; modern name ''Pearsonema plica''; a parasite of the urinary system of dogs and other mammals * ''Capillaria feliscati''; modern name ''Pearsonema feliscati''; a parasite of the urinary system of cats and other mammals

== See also == *Capillariasis, a disease caused by some ''Capillaria'' species

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Enoplia Category:Enoplea genera Category:Parasitic nematodes of mammals