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

Phocanema Myers, 1959

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phocanema bulbosum (Cobb, 1889) Bao, Giulietti, Levsen & Karlsbakk, 2023
Phocanema decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Myers, 1959
Phocanema krabbei (Paggi, Mattiucci, Gibson, Berland, Nascetti, Cianchi & Bullini, 2000) Bao, Giulietti, Levsen & Karlsbakk, 2023

Literature

original description	Myers, B. J. (1959). Phocanema, a new genus for the Aniskasid Nematode of seals. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 37(4): 459-465.
redescription	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.
taxonomy source	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 Myers, 1959. 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:527905

Dr. David Gibson. Phocanema Myers, 1959. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b806d38e-d79a-4af7-8cdd-ccb55c7690f0