Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Ascaridomorpha

Ascaridoidea Baird, 1853

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthocheilidae Wülker, 1929
Agamascaris Steiner, 1924
Agamonema Diesing, 1851
Anisakidae Railliet & Henry, 1912
Ascarididae Baird, 1853
Heterocheilidae Railliet & Henry, 1915
Raphidascarididae Hartwich, 1954

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.
taxonomy source	Han, L.; Yang, Y.; Li, H.; Zhou, X.; Zhou, M.; Liu, T.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Q.; Yang, S.; Shi, M.; Li, X.; Du, S.; Guan, C.; Zhang, Y.; Guo, W.; Wang, J.; Chai, H.; Lan, T.; Liu, H.; Liu, Q.; Sun, H.; Hou, Z. (2022). Gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome of ten ascaris species and phylogenetic implications for Ascaridoidea and Heterakoidea families. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 221: 1394-1403.
taxonomy source	Li, L.; Lü, L.; Nadler, S. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Zhang, L.-P.; Chen, H.-X.; Zhao, W.-T.; Guo, Y.-N. (2018). Molecular Phylogeny and Dating Reveal a Terrestrial Origin in the Early Carboniferous for Ascaridoid Nematodes. Systematic Biology.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascaridoidea Baird, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22816

Dr. David Gibson. Ascaridoidea Baird, 1853. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d69c915d-7f3f-42f1-8e03-3684b2c575c7