Paracapillaria


Paracapillaria is a genus of parasitic nematodes.
Species of the genus Paracapillaria parasitise fishes and amphibians, reptiles, and a single species, Paracapillaria philippinensis , is known from birds and mammals including man.
There are about a dozen species parasites in fish, such as Paracapillaria rhamdiae Moravec, González-Solís & Vargas-Vásquez, 1995. or Paracapillaria gastrica Moravec & Justine, 2020