Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Ascaridomorpha > Superfamily Ascaridoidea > Family Anisakidae > Genus Phocanema

Phocanema bulbosum (Cobb, 1889) Bao, Giulietti, Levsen & Karlsbakk, 2023

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phocanema*	Myers, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ascaris bulbosa*	Cobb, 1888	synonym
*Phocanema bulbosa*	(Cobb, 1889) Bao, Giulietti, Levsen & Karlsbakk, 2023	synonym
*Pseudoterranova bulbosa*	(Cobb, 1889) Mattiucci, Paggi, Nascetti, Ishikura, Kikuchi, Sato, Cianchi & Bullini, 1998	synonym

Literature

additional source	Sokolov, S.; Ieshko, E.; Gordeeva, N.; Gorbach, V.; Parshukov, A. (2023). Parasites of invasive pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii: Salmonidae), in the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. Polar Biology. 47(1): 101-113.
new combination reference	Bao, M., Giulietti, L., Levsen, A., and Karlsbakk, E. (2023). Resurrection of genus Phocanema Myers, 1959, as a genus independent from Pseudoterranova Mozgovoĭ, 1953, for nematode species (Anisakidae) parasitic in pinnipeds and cetaceans, respectively. Parasitology International. 97 (2023) 102794.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Phocanema bulbosum (Cobb, 1889) Bao, Giulietti, Levsen & Karlsbakk, 2023. 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:1674197