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

Ascarididae Baird, 1853

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Angusticaecum Baylis, 1920
Ascaridinae Baird, 1853
Baylisascaris Sprent, 1968
Hexametra Travassos, 1919
Parascaris Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Porrocaecinae Osche, 1958
Seuratascaris Sprent, 1985
Toxascaris Leiper, 1907
Toxocara Stiles, 1905
Toxocarinae 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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarididae 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:22862

Dr. David Gibson. Ascarididae Baird, 1853. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a81a892f-97e5-4de6-bb91-5f492619d06d