Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Dorylaimia > Order Trichinellida > Suborder Trichinellina > Superfamily Trichinelloidea > Family Capillariidae > Subfamily Capillariinae

Capillaria Zeder, 1800

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thominx*	Dujardin, 1845	generic synonym
*Trichosoma*	Rudolphi, 1819	generic synonym
*Tridentocapillaria*	Barus & Sergeeva, 1990	generic synonym
*Trichosomum*	Creplin, 1829	synonym
*Aonchotheca*	auct.	misapplied name
*Baruscapillaria*	auct.	misapplied name
*Pterothominx*	auct.	misapplied name
*Trichocephalus*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Capillaria (Capillarioides) Moravec, 1987
Capillaria (Neocapillaria) Moravec, 1987
Capillaria (Procapillaria) Moravec, 1987
Capillaria anatis (Schrank, 1790)
Capillaria angusta (Dujardin, 1845)
Capillaria brevipes Ransom, 1911
Capillaria bursata Freitas & Almeida, 1934
Capillaria carbonis (Rudolphi, 1819)
Capillaria coeca Matzaberidze, 1981
Capillaria collaris (Linstow, 1873)
Capillaria columbae (Rudolphi, 1819)
Capillaria contorta (Creplin, 1839)
Capillaria diesingi (Kolenati, 1856)
Capillaria exigua (Dujardin, 1845)
Capillaria fulicae (Pavlov & Borgarenko, 1959)
Capillaria gallinae Cheng, 1982
Capillaria hirundinis (Rudolphi, 1819)
Capillaria inflexa (Rudolphi, 1819)
Capillaria konstantini Romashov, 1999
Capillaria laricola (Wassilkowa, 1930) Baylis, 1931
Capillaria limicolae (Gubanov & Mamajev, 1964)
Capillaria murismusculi (Diesing, 1861)
Capillaria murisnitedulae Diesing, 1997
Capillaria nyrocinarum Madsen, 1945
Capillaria phasianina Kotlan, 1940
Capillaria pudendotecta Lubimova, 1947
Capillaria rangiferi Mitskewich, 1957
Capillaria rigidula (Dujardin, 1845)
Capillaria similis (Kowalewski, 1903)
Capillaria spinulosa (Linstow, 1890)
Capillaria strigis (Frölich, 1802)
Capillaria tenuissima (Rudolphi, 1803)
Capillaria tridens (Dujardin, 1845)
Capillaria vespertilionis (Rudolphi, 1819)

Literature

original description	Zeder, J. G. H. (1800). Erster Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewilrmer von JA li. Goeze. mit Zusiitzen und Anmerkungen, herausgegeben von. JGH Zeder. Mit. 6: 320 pp.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
taxonomy source	Skrjabin, K.I., Shikhobalova, N.P., Orlov, I.V. (1957). Trichocephalids and Capillariids of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 6, 587 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Capillaria Zeder, 1800. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22848

Dr. David Gibson. Capillaria Zeder, 1800. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/980676f2-5129-4ecb-9d0d-c00779794f5d