{{Short description|Genus of roundworms}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Parasite180070-fig1 Rasheedia heptacanthi (Nematoda, Physalopteridae).png | image_caption = ''Rasheedia heptacanthi'' | taxon = Rasheedia | authority = Moravec & Justine, 2018 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
'''''Rasheedia''''' is a genus of nematodes in the order Spirurida. The nematode genus ''Bulbocephalus'' <small>Rasheed, 1966</small> <ref name="Rasheed1966">{{cite journal|last1=Rasheed|first1=Suraiya|title=On some interesting nematode parasites of fish from Pakistan|journal=Parasitology|volume=56|issue=1|year=1966|pages=151–160|issn=0031-1820|doi=10.1017/S0031182000071171|pmid=5912225 |s2cid=22123094 }}</ref> was found to be a homonym of ''Bulbocephalus'' <small>Watson, 1916</small> (Apicomplexa, Stylocephalidae) and, therefore, a new name, ''Rasheedia'' n. nom., was proposed in 2018 to substitute it.<ref name="MoravecJustine2018">{{cite journal|last1=Moravec|first1=František|last2=Justine|first2=Jean-Lou|title= ''Rasheedia'' n. nom. (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) for ''Bulbocephalus'' Rasheed, 1966 (a homonym of ''Bulbocephalus'' Watson, 1916), with description of ''Rasheedia heptacanthi'' n. sp. and ''R. novaecaledoniensis'' n. sp. from perciform fishes off New Caledonia|journal=Parasite|volume=25|year=2018|pages=39|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2018033|url= |pmid= 30052500|pmc=6063723}} {{open access}}</ref>
The genus was named in honour of Suraiya Rasheed, "a well-known Pakistani fish parasitologist who was the first to describe these interesting nematodes".<ref name="MoravecJustine2018"/>
Species of ''Rasheedia'' are parasite of fish and include:
* ''Rasheedia deblocki'' <small>(Le-Van-Hoa, Pham-Ngoc-Khue & Nguyen-Thi-Lien, 1972) Moravec & Justine, 2018</small> * ''Rasheedia heptacanthi'' <small>Moravec & Justine, 2018</small>, a parasite of the Cinnabar goatfish ''Parupeneus heptacanthus'' (Mullidae) and ''Dentex fourmanoiri'' (Sparidae) * ''Rasheedia inglisi'' <small>(Rasheed, 1966) Moravec & Justine, 2018</small> <ref name="Rasheed1966"/> * ''Rasheedia novaecaledoniensis'' <small>Moravec & Justine, 2018</small>, a parasite of the Indian goatfish ''Parupeneus indicus'' (Mullidae) * ''Rasheedia pseudupenei'' <small>(Vassiliadès & Diaw, 1978) Moravec & Justine, 2018</small>
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Category:Spirurida Category:Rhabditida genera
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