Includes
D. alii D. dahomensis D. globocephalus D. ophidensis (organisms of reptiles) D. fuelliborni (organisms of oppossum) D. lutrae (organisms of otters)

D. insignis can lead to illness in dogs and wild carnivores, causing dermal lesions, ulcers, and another time heart and vertebral column lesions. Likewise referred to as "Guinea worm", "Fiery Dragon", and "Dragon".

D. medinensis, known commonly as the Guinea worm, is frequently found in the subcutaneous tissues and muscles of humans, dogs, and sometimes cattle and horses. A medical title for this trouble is dracunculiasis. A disease is the causal agent of dermal cysts & subsequent ulceration. A caudally prevent of a adult female worm protrudes from either the hikers carnal's ankle joint across an ulceration, allowing for it to release its offspring into a water supply, in which it potty buy fresh hosts.