Capillaria Zeder, 1800

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D054EDD-9CDC-4D16-A8B2-F1EBBDAD6E09
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626584
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FB248-FFA7-FFA0-89B9-C22F22249B77
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Capillaria Zeder, 1800
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Generic diagnosis (after Moravec 2001). Capillariidae . Stichosome comprises one row of stichocytes. Lateral caudal alae absent from males. Posterior end of male rounded, usually with two lateral or ventro-lateral lobes. Membranous bursa absent. One pair of small papillae near cloacal opening. Spicule with many rough transverse grooves on surface. Spicular sheath spiny.