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 > Genus Raphidascaris > Subgenus Raphidascaris (Raphidascaris)

Raphidascaris (Raphidascaris) acus (Bloch, 1779) Railliet & Henry, 1915

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raphidascaris*	Railliet & Henry, 1915	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ascaris gracillima*	Linstow, 1900	subjective synonym
*Ascaris thymalli*	Linstow, 1885	subjective synonym
*Ascaris acus*	Bloch, 1779	synonym
*Raphidascaris acus*	(Bloch, 1779) Railliet & Henry, 1915	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

additional source	Nguyen, H.-H. T.; Van Nguyen, H.; Van Hien, H.; Chinh, N. N.; Truong, V. T. T.; Van Kim, V.; Hoai, T. D.; Duc, P. P.; Greiman, S. E.; Nguyen, H. M. (2024). Marine fish parasites in the Cat Ba Archipelago, Vietnam: the results of 2010-2023 field surveys. Systematic Parasitology. 101(2).
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Raphidascaris (Raphidascaris) acus (Bloch, 1779) 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:1012994