Dracunculidae

Dracunculus medinensis, larvae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dracunculoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Dracunculoidea

Familia: Dracunculidae
Genera: Avioserpens – Dracunculus – Lockenloia

Name

Dracunculidae Stiles, 1907

• Type genus: Dracunculus Reichard, 1759

References

Primary references

• Stiles, C.W. 1907. The zoological characters of the roundworm genus Filaria Mueller, 1787, with a list of the thread worms reported for man. US Public Health and Marine Hospital Service Hygienic Laboratory, Bulletin 34: 31–51. Reference page. 

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