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

Heterocheilidae Railliet & Henry, 1915

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.
taxonomy source	Sprent, J. F. A. (1983). Ascaridoid nematodes of amphibians and reptiles: Typhlophorus, Hartwichia and Trispiculascaris. Journal of Helminthology. 57(2): 179-189.
taxonomy source	Junker, K.; Mutafchiev, Y. (2017). Ingwenascaris n. g. (Nematoda: Ascaridida: Heterocheilidae) established for I. sprenti n. sp. and I. assymmetrica (Ortlepp, 1932) n. comb., parasites of African crocodiles, and an identification key to the genera of the Heterocheilidae. Systematic Parasitology.
identification resource	Junker, K.; Mutafchiev, Y. (2017). Ingwenascaris n. g. (Nematoda: Ascaridida: Heterocheilidae) established for I. sprenti n. sp. and I. assymmetrica (Ortlepp, 1932) n. comb., parasites of African crocodiles, and an identification key to the genera of the Heterocheilidae. Systematic Parasitology.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Heterocheilidae Railliet & Henry, 1915. 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:458824