Subuluridae

Subuluridae
Egg of Subulura sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
(unranked):	Bilateria
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Subclass:	Spiruria
Order:	Ascaridida
Suborder:	Ascaridina
Superfamily:	Subuluroidea
Family:	Subuluridae Travassos, 1914
Genera
About one dozen, see text

Subuluridae is a family of spirurian nematodes which, together with the two species of Maupasinidae, make up the superfamily Subuluroidea. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.

They number about one dozen genera and somewhat over 100 species, and are parasites of amniotes, chiefly birds and mammals.^[1]

Systematics

Several subfamilies are very small or even monotypic, and might not be valid. Spiruroides might actually belong in the Gongylonematidae, which are not closely related to the Subuluridae as far as Spiruria go.^[1]

Subfamily Allodapinae Inglis, 1958 Allodapa Diesing, 1861 Aulonocephalus Chandler, 1935 Subfamily Labiobulurinae Quentin, 1969 Cyclobulura Quentin, 1977 Labiobulura Skrjabin & Schikhobalova, 1948 Tarsubulura Inglis, 1958 Subfamily Leipoanematinae Chabaud, 1957 Leipoanema Johnston & Mawson, 1942

Subfamily Parasubulurinae Berghe & Vuylsteke, 1938 Parasubulura Berghe & Vuylsteke, 1938 Subfamily Subulurinae Travassos, 1914 Inglisubulura Devamma, 1977 Oxynema Linstow, 1899 Primasubulura Inglis, 1958 Spiruroides Cameron & Parnell, 1933 (tentatively placed here) Subulura Molin, 1860 Travassallodapa López-Neyra, 1945

Footnotes

1. Hallan (2007)

References

• Hallan, Joel (ed.) (2007): Family Subuluridae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-05.