Spirurina

Spirurina
Microfilariae of Mansonella perstans (left) and Loa loa (Spirurina: Filariidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Suborder: Spirurina
Railliet & Henry, 1915
Infraorders

See text

Synonyms
  • Camallanina

Spirurina is a suborder of nematode worms in the order Rhabditida. Spirurina contains a diverse group of worms that inhabit soil, water, and other bodies of organism.

Infraorders

Spirurina contains the following infraorders, based on the World Nematode Database:

Ascaridomorpha De Ley & Blaxter, 2002

Ascaridomorpha contains the following superfamilies:

Gnathostomatomorpha De Ley & Blaxter, 2002

Gnathostomatomorpha contains the following superfamilies:

Oxyuridomorpha De Ley & Blaxter, 2002

Oxyuridomorpha, which was previously the order Oxyurida, contains the following superfamilies:

Rhigonematomorpha De Ley & Blaxter, 2002

Rhigonematomorpha contains the following superfamilies:

Spiruromorpha De Ley & Blaxter, 2002

Members of Spiruromorpha are known to parasitize porpoises, canids, pangolins, various other mammals, newts, along with fish such as catfish, sturgeons, suckers, salmonids, and pikes. It contains the following superfamilies:

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Deprez T (ed.). "Spirurina". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. ↑ Weaver, Haylee J. (2024). "Chapter 52: Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms [Concepts in Animal Parasitology]". Concepts in Animal Parasitology: 595. doi:10.32873/unl.dc.ciap052.
  3. ↑ Deprez T (ed.). "Ascaridomorpha". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  4. ↑ Deprez T (ed.). "Gnathostomatomorpha". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  5. ↑ Weaver, Haylee J. (2024). "Chapter 52: Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms [Concepts in Animal Parasitology]". Concepts in Animal Parasitology: 595. doi:10.32873/unl.dc.ciap052.
  6. ↑ Deprez T (ed.). "Oxyuridomorpha". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  7. ↑ Deprez T (ed.). "Rhigonematomorpha". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  8. ↑ Han, Lei; Yang, Yuling; Lu, Maolin; Yu, Hongyan; Lu, Yaxian; Zhou, Mengchao; Liu, Tianlu; Zhang, Ruisi; Chen, Bingyao; Hou, Zhijun (30 December 2024). "Mitogenome Phylogenetics of Spiruromorpha Porpoise Parasite: Insights Into Phylogeny of Crassicauda magna". Pathogens. 14 (1): 18. doi:10.3390/pathogens14010018. PMC 11768356. PMID 39860980.
  9. ↑ Li, Hongyi; Chen, Wu; Qi, Wenmin; Ren, Zhengjiu; Pan, Xi; Shen, Fei; Lu, Jinzhi; Zhai, Junqiong; Wu, Yajiang; Zou, Jiejian; Xiao, Lihua; Feng, Yaoyu; Yuan, Dongjuan (20 February 2024). "Molecular characterization of a novel Spiruromorpha species in wild Chinese pangolin by mitogenome sequence analysis". Parasitology Research. 123 (137) 137. doi:10.1007/s00436-024-08143-y. PMID 38376760.
  10. ↑ Choudhury, Anindo; Nadler, Steven A. (1 October 2018). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Spiruromorph Nematodes (Spirurina: Spiruromorpha) In North American Freshwater Fishes". Parasitology. 104 (5): 496–504. doi:10.1645/17-195. PMID 29906216.
  11. ↑ Deprez T (ed.). "Spiruromorpha". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-24.

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