Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Acuarioidea > Family Acuariidae > Subfamily Seuratiinae > Genus Stegophorus

Stegophorus stellaepolaris (Parona, 1901)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stegophorus*	Wehr, 1934	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Histiocephalus stellaepolaris*	Parona, 1901	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers). (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/taxonomy-systematics/host-parasites/.
additional source	Kuklin, V. V.; Kuklina, M. M.; Ezhov, A. V. (2020). Helminths of the Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) and the Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia Linnaeus, 1758) in Russkaya Gavan Bay, Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya Archipelago. Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 46(6): 441-451.
additional source	Kuklin, V. V.; Kuklina, M. M. (2022). Dynamics of helminth fauna of black-legged kittiwake in the Russian Arctic in the context of climate changes. Journal of Helminthology. 96.
additional source	Schwantes, U. (2023). Impact of anthropogenous environmental factors on the marine ecosystem of trophically transmitted helminths and hosting seabirds: Focus on North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and the Arctic seas. Helminthologia. 60(4): 300-326.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Stegophorus stellaepolaris (Parona, 1901). 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:992679

Dr. David Gibson. Stegophorus stellaepolaris (Parona, 1901). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bf0010ff-72cb-4338-9f86-650d723fe4ee