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

Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cheiracanthus Diesing, 1835 nec Agassiz, 1843
Gnathostoma Owen, 1836
Gnathostomatinae (Railliet, 1895)
Spiroxys Schneider, 1866

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	Sokolov, S.; Gordeev, I. (2021). Morphology and phylogeny of the parasitic nematode Mooleptus rabuka (Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982) (Rhabditida, Spirurina: Mooleptinae nom. nov.), with notes on taxonomy of the family Gnathostomatidae. Journal of Helminthology. 95.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895. 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:22881

Dr. David Gibson. Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/86e4cb8a-d7a4-4447-9621-91c7a9a51eca