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

Porrocaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Porrocaecum angusticolle (Molin, 1860)
Porrocaecum ardeae (Frölich, 1812)
Porrocaecum clerci (Skrjabin, 1926)
Porrocaecum crassum (Deslongchamps, 1824)
Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder, 1800)
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum (Zeder, 1800)
Porrocaecum hetoura (Creplin, 1829)
Porrocaecum reticulatum (Linstow, 1899)
Porrocaecum semiteres (Zeder, 1800)
Porrocaecum skrjabinense Mosgovoi, 1949
Porrocaecum spirale (Rudolphi, 1795)
Porrocaecum talpae (Schrank, 1788)

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	Gu, X.-H.; Guo, N.; Chen, H.-X.; Sitko, J.; Li, L.-W.; Guo, B.-Q.; Li, L. (2023). Mitogenomic phylogenies suggest the resurrection of the subfamily Porrocaecinae and provide insights into the systematics of the superfamily Ascaridoidea (Nematoda: Ascaridomorpha), with the description of a new species of Porrocaecum. Parasites & Vectors. 16(1).
taxonomy source	Mosgovoy, A.A. (1953). Ascaridata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. Second volume. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 2, 616 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Porrocaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912. 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:22924

Dr. David Gibson. Porrocaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/007444ea-2249-4cec-98cf-c1a5f73da64e