Cystidicola

Cystidicola is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Cystidicola are parasitic in the swimbladder of fish.[1][2]

Cystidicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Spirurida
Superfamily:	Habronematoidea
Family:	Cystidicolidae
Genus:	Cystidicola Fischer, 1798

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[1] the genus currently (2018) includes only the following species:

• Cystidicola farionis Fischer, 1798.

The eggs of Cystidicola farionis are covered with numerous filaments.[3][4]

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

• Cystidicola marina Szidat, 1961
• Cystidicola salmonicola Ishii, 1916
• Cystidicola skrjabini Layman, 1933
• Cystidicola walkeri Ekbaum, 1935

References

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.