Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 37

Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935

Generic diagnosis (after Moravec & Taraschewski 1988, and Moravec 2013). Anguillicolidae . Cuticle aspinose, sometimes with irregularly scattered excrescences of fibrous material on anterior and posterior ends of the body. Head end with four submedian papillae and two lateral amphids. Buccal capsule small or medium sized with row of small circumoral teeth. Oesophagus short, undivided; anterior end lacks inflation, posterior end expanded, valvular apparatus well developed. Intestine dark, distended posteriorly. Rectal glands large. Spicules absent. Testis begins near tail end; seminal vesicle well developed. Ductus ejaculatorius opens on prominent caudal process. Preanal and postanal papillae present. Vulva opens on tip of prominent cone in posterior part of body. Uterus amphidelphic. Eggs contain ensheathed 2nd -stage larvae. Parasites of swim bladder of eels.