| Onchocercidae | |
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| Foleyella furcata in the blood of lizards from Madagascar[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Superfamily: | Filarioidea |
| Family: | Onchocercidae Chabaud and Anderson, 1959[1] |
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The Onchocercidae are a family of nematodes in the superfamily Filarioidea. This family includes some of the most devastating human parasitic diseases, such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, and other filariases.
- ^ Chabaud A.G., Anderson R.C. (1959). "Nouvel essai de classification des Filaires (superfamille Filarioidea)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 34 (1–2): 64–87. doi:10.1051/parasite/1959341064.
- ^ Maia, João P.; Crottini, Angelica; Harris, David James (2014). "Microscopic and molecular characterization of Hepatozoon domerguei (Apicomplexa) and Foleyella furcata (Nematoda) in wild endemic reptiles from Madagascar". Parasite. 21: 47. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014046. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 4165108. PMID 25224723.
