Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda
Author
Arai, Hisao P.
Author
Smith, John W.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4185
1
1
274
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1
11620862-ddcf-4c01-b0d9-32867e03d74b
1175-5326
165530
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Family
GUYANEMIDAE
Petter, 1975
Family diagnosis (after
Petter 1975
, and
Adamson & Roth 1990
). Head with four cephalic papillae, and four internal and four external labial papillae. Buccal capsule reduced or absent; peribuccal ring present. Oesophagus comprises short muscular portion and longer, cylindrical glandular portion. Female tail long. Functional anus present in mature worms. Functional vulva situated anteriorly. Monodelphic or didelphic. Male tail long, with pre- and post-cloacal papillae; caudal alae present or absent. Two equal spicules. Viviparous. Parasites of fishes.
As presently defined
Guyanemidae
consists of two genera, namely,
Guyanema
Petter, 1975
, and
Pseudodelphis
Adamson & Roth, 1990
. Only
Pseudodelphis
has been recorded from Canadian fishes.