# Capillariidae
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{{Short description|Family of roundworms}}
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| authority = [Railliet](/source/Railliet), 1915
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'''''Capillariidae''''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of parasitic [nematode](/source/nematode)s. All its members are parasites in vertebrates when they are in their adult stage.
==Taxonomy==
The family Capillariidae was created by [Railliet](/source/Railliet) in 1915.[Railliet, A. 1915: L'emploi des médicaments dans le traitement des maladies causées par des Nématodes. ''Recueil de Médecine Vétérinaire, Paris,'' '''91''', 490–513. [not seen]] It is accepted in the most recent [classifications](/source/Biological_classification) of the [Nematoda](/source/Nematode),[Hodda, M. 2011: Phylum Nematoda Cobb 1932. ''In'': Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. ''Zootaxa'', '''3148''': 63–95. {{ISBN|978-1-86977-849-1}} (paperback) {{ISBN|978-1-86977-850-7}} (online edition) [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p095.pdf PDF]] in which it is one of the members of the order [Trichocephalida](/source/Trichocephalida). However, ''[Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode))'' and closely related [genera](/source/genus) are sometimes included in the family [Trichinellidae](/source/Trichinellidae) in other [classifications](/source/Biological_classification).
The [taxonomy](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) of the Capillariidae is disputed: according to different [classifications](/source/Biological_classification), the family includes the single [genus](/source/genus) '''''[Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode))''''' or 22 different [genera](/source/genus) (''[Amphibiocapillaria](/source/Amphibiocapillaria), [Aonchotheca](/source/Aonchotheca), [Baruscapillaria](/source/Baruscapillaria), [Calodium](/source/Calodium), [Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode)), [Capillostrongyloides](/source/Capillostrongyloides), [Crocodylocapillaria](/source/Crocodylocapillaria), [Echinocoleus](/source/Echinocoleus), [Eucoleus](/source/Eucoleus), [Freitascapillaria](/source/Freitascapillaria), [Gessyella](/source/Gessyella), [Liniscus](/source/Liniscus_(nematode)), [Paracapillaria](/source/Paracapillaria), [Paracapillaroides](/source/Paracapillaroides), [Pearsonema](/source/Pearsonema), [Paratrichosoma](/source/Paratrichosoma), [Pseudocapillaria](/source/Pseudocapillaria), [Piscicapillaria](/source/Piscicapillaria), [Pseudocapillaroides](/source/Pseudocapillaroides), [Pterothominx](/source/Pterothominx), [Schulmanela](/source/Schulmanela)'', and ''[Tenoranema](/source/Tenoranema)'').[Moravec, F. 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (list of genera in pages 30–32) ({{ISBN|8020008055}})] In 2017, a new genus was added to this list: ''[Lobocapillaria](/source/Lobocapillaria)''.[{{cite journal|last1=Moravec|first1=František|last2=Beveridge|first2=Ian|title=
''Lobocapillaria austropacifica'' n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the obtuse barracuda ''Sphyraena obtusata'' Cuvier (Sphyraenidae, Perciformes) off eastern Australia|journal=Systematic Parasitology|volume=94|issue=5|year=2017|pages=547–556|issn=0165-5752|doi=10.1007/s11230-017-9722-8|pmid=28425036 }}] Old literature, and sometimes modern medical literature, use ''[Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode))'' as a [genus](/source/genus) for [species](/source/species) included in all these [genera](/source/genus). In contrast, certain species parasitic in fish, previously classified in ''[Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode))'', are now considered members of the [genus](/source/genus) ''[Huffmanela](/source/Huffmanela)''
The term [Capillariasis](/source/Capillariasis) is generally used for diseases produced by species of ''[Capillaria](/source/Capillaria_(nematode))'', even if the species is now placed in another [genus](/source/genus).
== Species ==
Species included in the Capillariidae include:
* ''[Capillaria aerophila](/source/Capillaria_aerophila)''; modern name ''Eucoleus aerophilus''
* ''[Capillaria gastrica](/source/Capillaria_gastrica)''
* ''[Capillaria hepatica](/source/Capillaria_hepatica)''; modern name ''Calodium hepaticum''
* ''[Capillaria philippinensis](/source/Capillaria_philippinensis)''; modern name ''Paracapillaria philippinensis''
* ''[Capillaria plica](/source/Capillaria_plica)''; modern name ''Pearsonema plica''
* ''[Paracapillaria xenentodoni](/source/Paracapillaria_xenentodoni)''
== See also ==
*[Capillariasis](/source/Capillariasis), a disease caused by various species of Capillariidae
*[Intestinal capillariasis](/source/Intestinal_capillariasis), a disease caused by ''[Capillaria philippinensis](/source/Capillaria_philippinensis)'' (modern name ''Paracapillaria philippinensis'')
*[Hepatic capillariasis](/source/Hepatic_capillariasis), a disease caused by ''[Capillaria hepatica](/source/Capillaria_hepatica)'' (modern name ''Calodium hepaticum'')
== References ==
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==Further reading==
*[Moravec](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Moravec_(parasitologist)), F. "Proposal of a new systematic arrangement of nematodes of the family Capillariidae." Folia Parasitologica 29.2 (1981): 119–132.
*Skri︠a︡bin, Konstantin Ivanovich. "Trichocephalidae and Capillariidae of animals and man and the diseases caused by them." (1970).
*[Moravec](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Moravec_(parasitologist)), F., J. Prokopic, and A. V. Shlikas. "The biology of nematodes of the family Capillariidae Neveu-Lemaire, 1936." Folia parasitologica 34.1 (1986): 39–56.
*Køie, Marianne, and Are Nylund. "The life-cycle of Capillaria gracilis (Capillariidae), a nematode parasite of gadoid fish." Sarsia 86.4–5 (2001): 383–387.
== External links ==
{{Wikispecies|Capillariidae}}
*{{EOL|11991546|Capillariidae}}
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834681 WORMS]
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Category:Trichocephalida
Category:Parasitic nematodes of vertebrates
Category:Nematode families
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