Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Dorylaimia > Order Trichinellida > Suborder Trichinellina > Superfamily Trichinelloidea > Family Capillariidae > Subfamily Capillariinae > Genus Capillaria

Capillaria anatis (Schrank, 1790)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Capillaria*	Zeder, 1800	accepted genus name
*Thominx*	Dujardin, 1845	generic synonym
*Trichosoma*	Rudolphi, 1819	generic synonym
*Tridentocapillaria*	Barus & Sergeeva, 1990	generic synonym
*Trichosomum*	Creplin, 1829	synonym
*Aonchotheca*	auct.	misapplied name
*Baruscapillaria*	auct.	misapplied name
*Pterothominx*	auct.	misapplied name
*Trichocephalus*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Trichocephalus anatis*	Schrank, 1790	objective synonym
*Trichocephalus capillaris*	Rudolphi, 1809	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 174-176.
additional source	Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Capillaria anatis (Schrank, 1790). 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:122902

Dr. David Gibson. Capillaria anatis (Schrank, 1790). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/00392eb2-c4f9-4ea1-a67a-e79d1d9fcd86