Filarioidea
| Onchocercidae | |
|---|---|
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| Adult Loa loa filarial worm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Spirurida |
| Superfamily: | Filarioidea Chabaud & Anderson, 1959 |
The Filarioidea are a superfamily of nematodes (roundworms).[1][2] The members of this superfamily are known as filarial worms. Infections with parasitic filarial worms cause filariasis. Drugs against these worms are known as filaricides.
It consists of seven families: Aproctidae, Creagrocercidae, Drilonematidae, Filariidae, Homungellidae, Mesidionematidae, Scolecophilidae, Setariidae (which has a single genus Setaria), and Ungellidae.[3]
References
- ↑ Filarioidea at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ↑ "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2009-05-21.
Filarioidea
Taxonomy ID: 6295
Inherited blast name: nematodes
Rank: superfamily
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
genetic code: Translation table 5 (Invertebrate Mitochondrial) - ↑ "Filarioidea". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
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