Dioctophymidae
Sign in to savethumb | right | Dioctophyme renale (Giant Kidney Worm) Dioctophymidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Ascaridida. Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophymatidae" but this alternative spelling was suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassEnoplea
- OrderDioctophymatida
- FamilyDioctophymatidae
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thumb | right | Dioctophyme renale (Giant Kidney Worm) Dioctophymidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Ascaridida. Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophymatidae" but this alternative spelling was suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling.
Genera: Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802 Eustrongylides Jägerskiöld, 1909 Hystrichis Dujardin, 1844 Neostrongyloides Rathore & Nama, 1988
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