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

Raphidascaris Railliet & Henry, 1915

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Raphidascaris (Raphidascaris) Railliet & Henry, 1915
Raphidascaris adelinae (Condorelli-Francaviglia, 1898) Yamaguti, 1961
Raphidascaris cristata (Linstow, 1872)

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
redescription	Malta, L.; Paiva, F.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L.; Pereira, F. (2018). A new species of Raphidascaris (Nematoda: Raphidascarididae) infecting the fish Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Cichlidae) from the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil and a taxonomic update of the subgenera of Raphidascaris based on molecular phylogeny and morphology. Journal of Helminthology. 1-10.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
status source	Malta, L. S.; Paiva, F.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L. E.; Pereira, F. B. (2019). Integrative taxonomy of Sprentascaris mahnerti and phylogeny of raphidascaridid nematodes (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Raphidascarididae) suggest the monophyly of Sprentascaris. Parasitology International. 101978.
taxonomy source	Sheenko, P.S. (1992). To the revision of the genera Raphidascaris, Raphidascaroides, Ichthyascaris, Alibagascaris (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Biologicheskie Nauki, (= Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly. Biologicheskie Nauki. Moskva). 1992(10): 44-55 (In Russian).
taxonomy source	Malta, L.; Paiva, F.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L.; Pereira, F. (2018). A new species of Raphidascaris (Nematoda: Raphidascarididae) infecting the fish Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Cichlidae) from the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil and a taxonomic update of the subgenera of Raphidascaris based on molecular phylogeny and morphology. Journal of Helminthology. 1-10.
taxonomy source	Smith, J. D. (1984). Taxonomy of Raphidascaris spp. (Nematoda, Anisakidae) of fishes, with a redescription of R. acus (Bloch, 1772). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 62(4): 685-694.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Raphidascaris Railliet & Henry, 1915. 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:22932

Dr. David Gibson. Raphidascaris Railliet & Henry, 1915. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/425adc6d-5442-4db2-9a12-10d2168a5943