Acuariidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Acuarioidea, and number about 40 genera and 300 species, most of which are parasites of birds.Hallan (2007)
Genera Several genera, particularly in the Seuratiinae, are monotypic. At least some of them are liable to be invalid.
Subfamily Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 Acuaria Bremser, 1811 Cheilospirura Diesing, 1861 Chevreuxia Seurat, 1918 Chordatortilis Mendonça & Rodrigues, 1965 Chordocephalus Alegret, 1941 Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858 Decorataria Sobolev, 1949 (sometimes included in Syncuaria) Desportesius Chabaud & Campana, 1949 Dispharynx Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (sometimes included in Synhimantus) Echinuria Soloviev, 1912 Paracuaria Krishna Rao, 1951 Pectinospirura Wehr, 1933 Sexansocara Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1939 Skrjabinocerca Shikhoblaova, 1930 Skrjabinoclava Sobolev, 1943 Stammerinema Osche, 1955 Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 (sometimes included in Echinuria) Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 Willmottia Mawson, 1982 Xenocordon Mawson, 1982 Subfamily Schistorophinae Travassos, 1918 Ancyracanthopsis Diesing, 1861 Quasithelazia Maplestone, 1932 (sometimes included in Schistorophus) Schistorophus Railliet, 1916 Sciadiocara Skrjabin, 1916 Viktorocara Guschanskaja, 1950
Subfamily Seuratiinae Chitwood & Wehr, 1932 Aviculariella Wehr, 1931 Ingliseria Gibson, 1968 Proyseria Petter, 1959 Pseudohaplonema Wang et al., 1978 Rusguniella Seurat, 1919 Seuratia Skrjabin, 1916 Stegophorus Wehr, 1934 Streptocara Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 Incertae sedis Antechiniella Quentin & Beveridge, 1986 Chandleronema Little & Ali, 1980 Cyclopsinema Cobb, 1927 Deliria Vicente, Magalhaes Pinto & Noronha, 1980 Molinacuaria Wong & Lankester, 1985 Pseudoaviculariella Gupta & Jehan, 1971 Tikusnema Hasegawa, Shiraishi & Rochma, 1992 Voguracuaria Wong & Anderson, 1993
Footnotes
References (2007): Family Acuariidae. Version of 2007-AUG-07. Retrieved 2008-NOV-04.