Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Camallanoidea > Family Camallanidae > Genus Onchophora

Onchophora melanocephala (Rudolphi, 1819) Baudin-Laurencin, 1971

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onchophora*	Diesing, 1851	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cucullanus melanocephalus*	Rudolphi, 1819	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 174-176.
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.
additional source	Petter, A. J. (1980). Essai de classification de la sous-famille des Camallaninae (Nematoda, Camallanidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A, Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales. (1979) ; 14: 991-1008.
additional source	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.
redescription	Moravec, F.; Kohn, A.; Santos, L. (1999). New data onOncophora melanocephala(Nematoda: Camallanidae), a little-known parasite of scombrid fishes. Parasite. 6(1): 79-84.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Onchophora melanocephala (Rudolphi, 1819) Baudin-Laurencin, 1971. 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:123025