Armillifer
{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Armillifer_armillatus.jpg
| image_caption = Armillifer armillatus from the respiratory tract of Python sebae
| taxon = Armillifer
| authority = Sambon, 1922
| synonyms = * Ligamifer Heymons, 1932
}}
Armillifer is a genus of tongue worms in the subclass Pentastomida.{{cite book |author=R. Heymons |year=1935 |chapter= Pentastomida |editor=H. G. Bronns |title=Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Fünfter Band. IV Abteilung, 1. Buch |publisher=Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. |location=Leipzig |pages=1–268 pp}}{{cite journal |author=J. T. Self |year=1969 |title= Biological relationships of the Pentastomida: a bibliography on the Pentastomida |journal=Experimental Parasitology |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=63–119 |pmid=4887218 |doi=10.1016/0014-4894(69)90222-7}} It contains the following species:{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Armillifer Sambon, 1922 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730099 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}
- Armillifer aborealis {{small|Riley & Self, 1981}}
- Armillifer agkistrodontis {{small|Self & Kuntz, 1966}}
- Armillifer armillatus {{small|(Wyman, 1845)}}
- Armillifer australis {{small|Heymons, 1935}}
- Armillifer grandis {{small|(Hett, 1915)}}
- Armillifer mazzai {{small|(Sambon, 1922)}}
- Armillifer moniliformis {{small|(Diesing, 1836)}}
- Armillifer yoshidai {{small|Kishida, 1928}}
Interactions with humans
Obligate parasites, Armillifer worms had been linked to human disease as early as 1847, although infections are rare and are caused by human consumption of undercooked meat of a host. The majority of infections are caused by the tropical African species Armillifer armillatus. Only 45% of patients in one study experienced symptoms from the infection. Unfortunately, 67% of patients with worm infections in their eyes were driven permanently blind by the parasite.{{Cite journal |last=Ioannou |first=Petros |last2=Vamvoukaki |first2=Rodanthi |date=2019 |title=Armillifer Infections in Humans: A Systematic Review |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/2/80 |journal=Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |language=en |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=80 |doi=10.3390/tropicalmed4020080 |issn=2414-6366 |pmc=6631905 |pmid=31100831 |doi-access=free}}
References
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