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

Ascarophis valentina Ferrer, Aznar, Balbuena, Kostadinova, Raga & Moravec, 2005

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascarophis*	van Beneden, 1871	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	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	Hassani, M. M.; Kerfouf, A.; Boutiba, Z. (2015). Checklist of helminth parasites of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Mullidae), caught in the Bay of Kristel , Algeria (western Mediterranean). Check List. 11 (1): 1504.
additional source	Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,. 311 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis valentina Ferrer, Aznar, Balbuena, Kostadinova, Raga & Moravec, 2005. 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:389267