CYSTOOPSIDAE Skryabin, 1923

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 21

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626574

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CYSTOOPSIDAE Skryabin, 1923
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Family CYSTOOPSIDAE Skryabin, 1923

Family diagnosis (after Moravec 2001). Cystoopsidae . Anus atrophied. Adults with pronounced sexual dimorphism. Male body cylindrical. Body of female divided into thread-like anterior region and globular posterior region. Anterior part of body bears transverse rings of numerous minute cuticular tubercles. Oesophagus divided into short anterior muscular portion and long posterior glandular portion.

One genus, Cystoopsis Wagner, 1867 , is known from one fish species in Canada. The genus is represented by one species, C. acipenseris .

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