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 contorta (Creplin, 1839)

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

Literature

basis of record	Kuklin, V. V.; Kuklina, M. M. (2022). Dynamics of helminth fauna of black-legged kittiwake in the Russian Arctic in the context of climate changes. Journal of Helminthology. 96.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Capillaria contorta (Creplin, 1839). 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:1584296