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

Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) Anderson & Wong, 1981

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paracuaria*	Krishna Rao, 1951	accepted genus name
*Cosmocephalus*	auct.	misapplied name
*Dispharynx*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Spiroptera adunca*	Creplin, 1846	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	Anderson, R. C.; Wong, P. L. (1982). The transmission and development of Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) of gulls (Laridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60(12): 3092-3104.
additional source	Schwantes, U. (2023). Impact of anthropogenous environmental factors on the marine ecosystem of trophically transmitted helminths and hosting seabirds: Focus on North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and the Arctic seas. Helminthologia. 60(4): 300-326.
additional source	Gilardoni, C.; Lorenti, E.; Diaz, J. I.; Leonardi, S.; Cremonte, F. (2023). Parasitological survey of coastal birds from the Magellanic coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 95(2).
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
new combination reference	Anderson, R. C.; Wong, P. L. (1981). Redescription of Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) from Larus delawarensis Ord (Laridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 59(10): 1897-1902.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) Anderson & Wong, 1981. 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:123027

Dr. David Gibson. Paracuaria adunca (Creplin, 1846) Anderson & Wong, 1981. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5615553f-9575-4095-8f02-78149d8803e0