Onchocercidae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Onchocercidae

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:family
gptkbp:causesDisease	onchocerciasis lymphatic filariasis heartworm disease
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Secernentea
gptkbp:commonName	filarial worms
gptkbp:containsGenus	gptkb:public_speaker gptkb:Brugia gptkb:Wuchereria gptkb:Dirofilaria gptkb:Onchocerca gptkb:Acanthocheilonema gptkb:Litomosoides gptkb:Mansonella
gptkbp:describedBy	gptkb:Leiper,_1911
gptkbp:distribution	worldwide
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Onchocercidae
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:notableSpecies	gptkb:Brugia_malayi gptkb:Wuchereria_bancrofti gptkb:Onchocerca_volvulus gptkb:Dirofilaria_immitis
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies	over 100 over 30
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Spirurida
gptkbp:parasitizes	vertebrates
gptkbp:phylum	gptkb:Nematoda
gptkbp:significance	high
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Spirurina
gptkbp:superfamily	gptkb:Filarioidea
gptkbp:taxonRank	gptkb:family
gptkbp:transmittedBy	mosquitoes arthropod vectors biting midges blackflies
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wuchereria_bancrofti
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5