Rhabdias is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Rhabdiasidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution[1] and includes over 90 species mainly parasitic in the lungs of amphibians and reptiles.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabdiasidae |
| Genus: | Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall, 1905 |
Systematics of species of Rhadias is not easy due to the usual absence of males and the morphological similarity in females.[2]
Species
editThe genus includes the following species:[1]
- Rhabdias aegyptiaca
- Rhabdias africanus
- Rhabdias alabialis
- Rhabdias ambystomae
- Rhabdias americanus
- Rhabdias androgyna
- Rhabdias australensis
- Rhabdias bakeri
- Rhabdias bdellophis
- Rhabdias bermani
- Rhabdias bicornis
- Rhabdias blommersiae
- Rhabdias brachylaimus
- Rhabdias breviensis
- Rhabdias bufonis
- Rhabdias bulbicauda
- Rhabdias collaris
- Rhabdias dehradunensis
- Rhabdias delangei
- Rhabdias dossei
- Rhabdias elaphe
- Rhabdias elegans
- Rhabdias engelbrechti
- Rhabdias escheri
- Rhabdias esculentarum
- Rhabdias filicaudalis
- Rhabdias fuelleborni
- Rhabdias fuscovenosa
- Rhabdias galactonoti
- Rhabdias garhwalensis
- Rhabdias glaurungi
- Rhabdias globocephala
- Rhabdias hermafrodita
- Rhabdias hermaphrodita
- Rhabdias himalayanus
- Rhabdias hylae
- Rhabdias incerta
- Rhabdias japalurae
- Rhabdias joaquinensis
- Rhabdias kafunata
- Rhabdias kiri
- Rhabdias kongmongthaensis
- Rhabdias kuzmini
- Rhabdias lamothei
- Rhabdias macrocephalum [2]
- Rhabdias madagascariensis
- Rhabdias manantlanensis
- Rhabdias mariauxi
- Rhabdias montana
- Rhabdias mucronata
- Rhabdias multiproles
- Rhabdias nigrovenosum
- Rhabdias nipponica
- Rhabdias odilebaini
- Rhabdias ohlerae
- Rhabdias okuensis
- Rhabdias paraensis
- Rhabdias peninsularis
- Rhabdias picardiae
- Rhabdias pocoto
- Rhabdias polypedates
- Rhabdias pseudospherocephala
- Rhabdias rane
- Rhabdias rhacophori
- Rhabdias rhampholeonis
- Rhabdias rotundata
- Rhabdias rubrovenosa
- Rhabdias savagei
- Rhabdias shortii
- Rhabdias sphaerocephala
- Rhabdias stenocephala
- Rhabdias stomatica
- Rhabdias sylvestris
- Rhabdias tanyai
- Rhabdias tarichae
- Rhabdias thapari
- Rhabdias tobagoensis
- Rhabdias tokyoensis
- Rhabdias truncata
- Rhabdias vencesi
- Rhabdias waiapi
References
edit- ^ a b "Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall, 1905". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b c Zeng, Jia-Lu; Chen, Hui-Xia; Xu, Hong-Ru; Li, Liang (2024). "Morphology, complete mitochondrial genome, and molecular phylogeny of Rhabdias macrocephalum n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Diploderma splendidum (Reptilia: Agamidae)". Parasite. 31: 48. doi:10.1051/parasite/2024046. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 11323812. PMID 39140873.
