Dracunculus (animal species)

Dracunculus
	Larvae of Dracunculus medinensis , the medina worm
Systematics
Subclass :	Chromadorea
Order :	Spirurida (Spirurida)
Subordination :	Camallanina
Superfamily :	Dracunculoidea
Family :	Dracunculidae
Genre :	Dracunculus
Scientific name
	Dracunculus
	Reichard , 1759

Dracunculus ( Latin dracunculus little snake, diminutive of draco dragon) is a genus of roundworms (nematodes), the species of which occur as parasites in the tissues and body cavities of reptiles and mammals, including humans.

The plant genus Dracunculus in the arum family has the same name .

Species hosted by snakes or other reptiles

The following species are described (the region of distribution is given in brackets):

Dracunculus alii (India)
Dracunculus coluberensis (India)
Dracunculus dahomensis (West and Central Africa)
Dracunculus doi (India)
Dracunculus houdemeri (Vietnam)
Dracunculus ophidensis (Italy, USA)
Dracunculus oesophageus (Italy, Madagascar)
Dracunculus sp. (England, Brazil, Trinidad, USA)
Dracunculus globocephalus ; Turtles (USA)
Dracunculus mulbus (Australia, Papua Guinea)
Dracunculus brasiliensis (Brazil)

Species hosted by mammals

The following species have been described for mammals:

Dracunculus fuellebornius ; Opossums (Brazil)
Dracunculus insignis ; Domestic dogs, wild Carnivora (Canada, USA)
Dracunculus lutrae ; Otter (Canada)
Medina worm ( Dracunculus medinensis ); many mammals including humans (Africa, America, Asia)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b S. Cairncross, R. Muller, N. Zagaria: Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) and the Eradication Initiative. In: Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 15, 2002, pp. 223-246, doi : 10.1128 / CMR.15.2.223-246.2002 . Table 1 ( online )
^ F. Moravec, DI Gibson: The first record of Dracunculus mulbus (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) in the Papuan olive python Apodora papuana (Ophidia: Boidae). In: Helminthologia. 44, 2007, pp. 118-119, doi : 10.2478 / s11687-007-0017-5 .
↑ F. Moravec, CP Santos: Dracunculus brasiliensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) from the anaconda, Eunectes murinus (Ophidia: Boidae). In: Parasitology Research. 104, 2009, pp. 589-592, doi : 10.1007 / s00436-008-1234-7 .

Web links

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[DOI10.1128/CMR.15.2.223-246.2002-1] A ^b S. Cairncross, R. Muller, N. Zagaria: Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) and the Eradication Initiative. In: Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 15, 2002, pp. 223-246, doi : 10.1128 / CMR.15.2.223-246.2002 . Table 1 ( online )

[DOI10.2478/s11687-007-0017-5-2] F. Moravec, DI Gibson: The first record of Dracunculus mulbus (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) in the Papuan olive python Apodora papuana (Ophidia: Boidae). In: Helminthologia. 44, 2007, pp. 118-119, doi : 10.2478 / s11687-007-0017-5 .

[DOI10.1007/s00436-008-1234-7-3] F. Moravec, CP Santos: Dracunculus brasiliensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) from the anaconda, Eunectes murinus (Ophidia: Boidae). In: Parasitology Research. 104, 2009, pp. 589-592, doi : 10.1007 / s00436-008-1234-7 .