Cystidicola

Cystidicola is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Cystidicola are parasitic in the swimbladder of fish.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2018) includes only the following species:

The eggs of Cystidicola farionis are covered with numerous filaments.

Other species have been included in the genus but are now considered to be part of other genera:

1 2 Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2018). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cystidicola Fisher, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22865 on 2019-01-03
↑ Ko, Ronald C.; Anderson, Roy C. (1969). "A revision of the genus Cystidicola Fischer, 1798 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) of the swim bladder of fishes". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26 (4): 849–864. doi:10.1139/f69-083. ISSN 0015-296X.
↑ Van den Berghe, Louis (1935). "Sur l'existence de filaments latéraux sur la coque de l'œuf de Cystidicola farionis Fischer 1798". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 13 (5): 435–438. doi:10.1051/parasite/1935135435. ISSN 0003-4150.
↑ Miscampbell, Allyson E; Lankester, Murray W; Adamson, Martin L (2004). "Molecular and morphological variation within swim bladder nematodes, Cystidicola spp". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61 (7): 1143–1152. doi:10.1139/f04-064. ISSN 0706-652X.