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

Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii (Johnston & Mawson, 1951) Gibson & Colin, 1982

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pulchrascaris*	Vicente & Santos, 1972	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Terranova chiloscyllii*	Johnston & Mawson, 1951	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Santos, C. P., Lopes, K. C., Gibson, D. I. (2016). Nematoda. In: Eiras, J. C., Velloso, A. L., Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marhinos de América ddo Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande. pp. 209-258.
additional source	Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. Parasitology. 1-14.
redescription	Bruce, N. L.; Cannon, L. R. G. (1990). Ascaridoid Nematodes from Sharks from Australia and the Solomon Islands, Southwestern Pacific Ocean. Invertebr. Taxon. 4, 763-83.
redescription	González-Solís, D.; Soler-Jiménez, L. C.; Aguirre-Macedo, M. L.; Mclaughlin, J. P.; Shaw, J. C.; James, A. K.; Hechinger, R. F.; Kuris, A. M.; Lafferty, K. D.; Vidal-Martínez, V. M. (2019). Parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from Palmyra Atoll, East Indo-Pacific, including a new species of Spinitectus (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae). ZooKeys. 892: 1-26.
new combination reference	Gibson, D. I.; Colin, J. A. (1982). The Terranova enigma. Parasitology. 85(2): xxxvi - xxxvii.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii (Johnston & Mawson, 1951) Gibson & Colin, 1982. 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:990498