Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Filarioidea

Onchocercidae Leiper, 1911

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cardiofilaria Ström, 1937
Cercopithifilaria Eberhard, 1980
Chandlerella Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Cutifilaria Bain & Schulz-Key, 1974
Dirofilaria Railliet & Henry, 1911
Elaeophora Railliet & Henry, 1912
Eufilaria Seurat, 1921
Eulimdana Founikoff, 1934
Heimnema Chabaud, Brygoo & Richard, 1964
Icosiella Seurat, 1917
Lemdana Seurat, 1917
Litomosa Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Micipsella Seurat, 1921
Onchocerca Diesing, 1841
Onchocercinae Leiper, 1911
Paroncocerca Peters, 1936
Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1910
Pseudlemdana Sonin & Shumilo, 1964
Sarconema Wehr, 1939
Setaria Viborg, 1795
Splendidofilaria Skrjabin, 1923
Striatofilaria Lubimov, 1927

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Onchocercidae Leiper, 1911. 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:22876

Dr. David Gibson. Onchocercidae Leiper, 1911. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff39bb6f-4aa3-4faf-94e9-a945df64d092