Dirofilaria

Dirofilaria immitis (left) and Dirofilaria repens (right)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Filarioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Spiruromorpha Superfamilia: Filarioidea

Familia: Onchocercidae
Genus: Dirofilaria
Species: D. acutiuscula – D. immitis – D. repens – D. ursi

Name

Dirofilaria Railliet & Henry, 1911: 386

• Type species: Filaria immitis Leidy, 1856 = Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) Railliet & Henry, 1911 (by original designation)

Synonymy

• Nochtiella Faust, 1935

References

Primary references

• Railliet, A. & Henry, A. 1911. Sur une filaire péritonéale des porcins. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 4: 386–389. Online Reference page. 

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