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Genus UNCINARIA« Froelich, 1789. 
Generic diagnosis. — Strongylime: With anterior extremity curved dorsally; mouth 
round to oval, opening oblique, limited by a transparent border and foIlowe«l by a 
chitinous buccal capsule; the dorsal portion of the capsule is shorter than the ventral, 
and is .supported by a conical structure, the point of which sometimes extends into 
the cavity; at the ba.se of the buccal capsule are found two ventral teeth; toward 
the inner free border the ventral wall bears on each side of the median line chitin- 
ous structures, lips ( Uncinaria) or teeth, often recurved in shape of hooks {Afjclnjht- 
stoma)] the inner dorsal wall may also bear lips or teeth. Oviparous, eggs with thin, 
transparent shell. 
Type species. — Uncinaria nilpis^ Frcelich, 1789. 
« Synonymy, with Original Place of Publication. 
1789: Uncinaria FRCELiCH<Der Naturforscher, Halle, v. 24, pp. 130-139; type, Unci- 
naria mlpis Frcelich, 1789. 
1799: Unciaria FiscHER<Arch. f. d. Physiol., Halle, v. 3, p. 99. [Apparently a 
misprint for Uncinaria.'\ 
1843: Agchylostoma DuBiNi<Annal. univers. di medic.. Milano, v. 106, aprile, pp. 
5-13; type, Agchylostoma duodenale Dubini, 1843. 
1845: Ancylostoma CREPLiN<Archiv f. Xaturg., Berlin, 11. J., v. 1, p. 325; for Agchy- 
lostoma Dubini, 1843. 
1845: Bochmius Dujardin, Histoire naturelle d. helminthes, pp. 267, 275-279; type, 
Uncinaria indpis Frcelich, 1789. 
1845: Dormius Dujardin, ibidem, p. 114. [Misprint for Dorhmins.l 
(1846): Anchylostoma delle CiiiAJE<Rendicon. dell’Accad. delle Sci. Xaj>oli, v. 5, 
p. 339. [Not verified.] 
1850: Anchylostoma Dubini, Entozoografia umana, pp. 102-112; for Agchylostoma 
Dubini, 1843. 
\%o\\.Ancylostoinuni Diesing, Systema helminthum, v. 2, p. 82; for Agchylostoma 
Dubini, 1843. 
1851: Anchylostomiim Diesing, Systema helminthum, v. 2, pj». 321-322; ior Agchy- 
lostoma Dubini, 1843. 
1861: Monodontus Molin (not Monodonta Lamarck, 1799), II sottonline degli acrofalli 
<Mem. r. 1st. ven. di sc., lett. ed arti, Venezia, v. 9, pp. 435, 463-470; type, 
M. semicircularis Molin, 1861. 
1861: Doohmins MoLiN<Ibidem, p. 471. [Misprint for Btichmins.] 
1862: Dcfc/jmi».?<Veterinarian, Ix)nd. (416), v. 35, 4. s. (92), v. 8, Aug., pp. 549-556. 
[Misprint for Dochmins.} 
1879: Anchilostoma BozzoLO<Osservatore, Torino, v. 15 (24), 17 giugno, pp. 369-370; 
for Agchylostoma Dubini, 1843. 
1895: Anhjlostomnni STOssicn<\Boll. Soc. Adriatica di sc. nat. in Trieste*, v. 16, pp. 
21-25; for Agchylostoma Dubini, 1843. 
18 — 7 ; “ vl Dubini” of various authors; ior AgchylasUnmi Dubini, 1843. 
1897: Anchylostamum M(EHLAU<Buffalo M. J., v. .36 (8), Mar., p. 573. [Misprint for 
A nchylostom tun.] 
1902: Do/imu/« Looss<Centrabl. f. Bakteriol., PanL«itenk. [etc.], .lena, 1 Abt., v. 31 
(9), 5. Apr., Originale, p. 424. [Misprint for Iktchnuns.] 
1902: Unicinaria von Linstow<Zoo1. Centralbl., Ix?ipz., v. 9 ( 24-25), 16. Dec., p. < <8. 
[Misprint for Uncinaria.] 
^This species is probably identical with Uncinaria melts i-'ro*lich, 1<89; Ascarir 
criniformis Geeze, 1782, and with Uncinaria stenocejthala (Uailliet, 1884). 
