Rasheedia is a genus of nematodes in the order Spirurida.
The nematode genus Bulbocephalus Rasheed, 1966 [1] was found to be a homonym of Bulbocephalus Watson, 1916 (Apicomplexa, Stylocephalidae) and, therefore, a new name, Rasheedia n.
[2] The genus was named in honour of Suraiya Rasheed, "a well-known Pakistani fish parasitologist who was the first to describe these interesting nematodes".
[2] Species of Rasheedia are parasite of fish and include:
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