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

Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ascaris affinis Oerley, 1885
Ascaris alepocephali Linstow, 1899
Ascaris appendiculata Stossich, 1897
Ascaris argentinae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris aspidophori Beneden, 1871
Ascaris atherinae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris belonesvulgaris Diesing, 1861
Ascaris boopis Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris bramae Beneden, 1871
Ascaris castoris Rudolphi, 1809
Ascaris centrisci Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris clupeae Beneden, 1871
Ascaris collaris Rudolphi, 1802
Ascaris constricta Rudolphi, 1809
Ascaris cyclopteri Diesing, 1851
Ascaris cynaedi Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris digitata Linstow, 1905
Ascaris ecaudata Dujardin, 1845
Ascaris engraulidis Parona, 1894
Ascaris filariformis Stossich, 1902
Ascaris flesi Linstow, 1878
Ascaris gadiminuti Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris gracilescens Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris hippocampi Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris hirsuta Beneden, 1871
Ascaris incrassata Molin, 1858
Ascaris labrilusci Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris linguatulae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris longestriata Stossich, 1902
Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758
Ascaris lyrae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris macrolabium Stossich, 1897
Ascaris maenae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris microcerca Stossich, 1902
Ascaris minuta Molin, 1858
Ascaris molvae Linstow, 1905
Ascaris mosgovoyi Evranova, 1959
Ascaris mulli Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris novaculae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris ophidiibarbati Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris ophidiiimberbis Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris orthragorisci Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris ovis Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris pachyderma Stossich, 1902
Ascaris papilligera Creplin, 1846
Ascaris phycis Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris prionodora Stossich, 1902
Ascaris rajae Diesing, 1851
Ascaris rostrata Stossich, 1897
Ascaris sauri Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris sciaenae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris scombrorum Stossich, 1892
Ascaris scorpaenae Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris scorpaenaecirrhosae Diesing, 1851
Ascaris smaris Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris spalacis Schulz & Alojan, 1950
Ascaris sparoidum Diesing, 1851
Ascaris spicrae Diesing, 1851
Ascaris stictodora Stossich, 1902
Ascaris succisa Rudolphi, 1809
Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782
Ascaris tenuissima Zeder, 1800
Ascaris ungulata Beneden, 1871
Ascaris uranoscopi Rudolphi, 1819
Ascaris wedli Stossich, 1896

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
taxonomy source	Mosgovoy, A.A., Shakhmatova, V.I. (1973). Ascaridata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. Third volume. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 23, 247 pp.
taxonomy source	Mosgovoy, A.A. (1953). Ascaridata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. First volume. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 2, 351 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758. 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:22864

Dr. David Gibson. Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c797b270-3b82-4f9b-8ae2-d4ec0dfe5137