Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Physalopteroidea > Family Physalopteridae > Subfamily Proleptinae

Heliconema Travassos, 1919

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

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Heliconema heliconema Travassos, 1919

Literature

original description	Travassos, L. (1919). Informaçõces sobre o material helminthologico colleccionado na Ilha da Trindade em 1916. Archivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 22: 161-167.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
source of synonymy	Chabaud, A.G. & Y. Campana-Rouget. (1956). Le genre Ortleppina Schulz 1927, parasite d' apodes, et nonde serpents, est synonyme du genre Heliconema Travassos 1919. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 31: 308-309.
identification resource	Li, L.; Liu, Y.-Y.; Liu, B.-C; Zhang, P.-L. (2013). Morphological and molecular characterisation of Heliconema hainanensis sp. nov. (Spirurina: Physalopteridae) from congers in the South China Sea, with a key to the species of Heliconema. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 108: 41-47.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Heliconema Travassos, 1919. 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:22894