Ascarophis

Ascarophis
Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Cystidicolidae
Genus: Ascarophis
Van Beneden, 1871

Ascarophis is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophis are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of marine and estuarine fishes.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2019) includes many species. A few are listed here:

Several subgenera have been proposed, with the following species:

The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is the host of Ascarophis morrhuae

References

  1. 1 2 Van Beneden, P. J. (1871). Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 38, 1-156. PDF in BHL Open access icon
  2. 1 2 Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22837 on 2019-01-04
  3. ↑ Dollfus, Robert Ph.; Campana-Rouget, Yvonne (1956). "Une nouvelle espèce d'Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurinæ) chez Gadus luscus L. Révision du genre". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 31 (4): 385–404. doi:10.1051/parasite/1956314385. ISSN 0003-4150.
  4. ↑ Fusco AC, Overstreet RM (1978) Ascarophis distortus, a new spiruroid nematode from a chaetodontid fish in the northern Red Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 91:374–378
  5. ↑ Moravec, František; Shamsi, Shokoofeh; Justine, Jean-Lou (2021). "Redescription of Ascarophis distorta Fusco et Overstreet, 1978 (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of some butterflyfishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 66 (3): 907–914. doi:10.1007/s11686-021-00359-7. ISSN 1230-2821. PMID 33687644.
  6. 1 2 Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2009). "Two cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 54 (4). doi:10.2478/s11686-009-0058-7. ISSN 1896-1851.
  7. 1 2 Machida M. 1981. Two new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurida) from marine fishes of Japan and Palau. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 7, 1–5.
  8. ↑ Overstreet, Robin M. (1970). "Spinitectus beaveri sp. n. (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) from the Bonefish, Albula vulpes (Linnaeus), in Florida". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (1): 128–130. doi:10.2307/3277468. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3277468.
  9. 1 2 3 Muñoz, Gabriela; González, María Teresa; George-Nascimento, Mario (2004). "Similascarophis n. gen. n. spp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitizing marine fishes off the Chilean coast". Journal of Parasitology. 90 (4): 823–834. doi:10.1645/GE-3115. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 15357077.
  10. ↑ Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of spirurid nematodes (Nematoda, Spirurida, Guyanemidae, Philometridae & Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with redescriptions of two species and erection of Ichthyofilaroides n. gen". Parasite. 27: 5. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6984328. PMID 31985397. Open access icon
  11. ↑ Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2007). "A new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthys citrinus from a seamount off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 52 (3). doi:10.2478/s11686-007-0026-z. ISSN 1896-1851.