Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Habronematoidea > Family Cystidicolidae

Ascarophis van Beneden, 1871

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ascarophis arctica Polyansky, 1952
Ascarophis capelanus Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
Ascarophis crassicollis Dollfus & Campana-Rouget, 1956
Ascarophis filiformis Poljansky, 1952
Ascarophis longispicula Zhukov, 1960
Ascarophis morrhuae van Beneden, 1871
Ascarophis mullus Naidenova & Nikolaeva, 1968
Ascarophis pontica Nikolaeva, 1970
Ascarophis prosper Naidenova, Dolgikh & Nikolaeva, 1970
Ascarophis skrjabini (Layman, 1933)
Ascarophis valentina Ferrer, Aznar, Balbuena, Kostadinova, Raga & Moravec, 2005

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
additional source	Ferrer, E.; Aznar, F. J.; Balbuena, J. A.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J. A.; Moravec, F. (2005). A new cystidicolid nematode from Mullus surmuletus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Western Mediterranean. Journal of Parasitology. 91, 335-344.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
taxonomy source	Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2009). Two cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 54(4): 341-349.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis van Beneden, 1871. 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:22837

Dr. David Gibson. Ascarophis van Beneden, 1871. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f63eb23c-7022-4ced-a1a0-148be72a84a0