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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Spirurina > Spiruroidea

Preferred term

Spiruroidea  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Gongylonema
  • Gongylonemas
  • Habronema
  • Habronemas
  • Physaloptera
  • Physalopteras
  • Tetramere
  • Tetrameres

Note

  • a superfamily of nematodes; do not confuse with the order SPIRURIDA or the suborder SPIRURINA; infection: coord IM with SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A superfamily of parasitic nematodes which requires one or two intermediate arthropod hosts before finally being eaten by the final host. Its organisms occur rarely in man.

History note

  • GONGYLONEMA & PHYSALOPTERA were see under SPIRUROIDEA 1963-85; FILARIA LABIALIS was see under SPIRUROIDEA 1963-78

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