Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Acuarioidea > Family Acuariidae > Subfamily Acuariinae

Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Filaria*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Cosmocephalus capellae Yamaguti, 1935
Cosmocephalus diesingii Molin, 1858
Cosmocephalus jaenschi Johnston & Mawson, 1941
Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) Seurat, 1919

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
additional source	Mutafchiev, Y.; Halajian, A.; Georgiev, B. B. (2010). Two new nematode species of the genus Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858 (Spirurida: Acuariidae), with an amended generic diagnosis and an identification key to Cosmocephalus spp. Zootaxa. 2349(1): 1.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858. 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:22853

Dr. David Gibson. Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d11a5fa6-39ab-41fd-a430-8885f9f354ba