Pseudocapillaria Freitas, 1959

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 30

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scientific name	Pseudocapillaria Freitas, 1959
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Generic diagnosis (after Moravec 2001). Capillariidae . Two lateral bacillary bands extending most of body length ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 A). Stichosome comprises one row of stichocytes. Males lack lateral caudal alae. Male tail rounded with two large spherical subventral lobes behind cloacal opening. Dorsal cuticular membrane (bursa) reduced or absent. Spicular surface lacks rough transverse grooves. Spicular sheath non-spiny. Vulvar appendage present or absent.

References

Moravec, F. (2001) Trichinelloid Nematodes Parasitic in Cold-Blooded Vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 429 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.14411 / fp. 2002.007

Figures

FIGURE 23. Pseudocapillaria (Ichthyocapillaria) salvelini (Polyanski, 1952) Moravec, 1982. A. stichosome region with marked bacillary band; B. male, tail, ventral view; C. female, vulvar region; D. egg. (Redrawn from Moravec 2001)