Nemys - Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895

Nemys taxon details

Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895

AphiaID

22881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22881)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gnathostomatoidea Railliet, 1895

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Subfamily Ancyracanthinae Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
1. Genus Ancyracanthus Diesing, 1838
Subfamily Gnathostomatinae (Railliet, 1895)
1. Genus Echinocephalus Molin, 1858
2. Genus Gnathostoma Owen, 1836
Subfamily Mooleptinae Sokolov & Gordeev, 2021
1. Genus Mooleptus Özdikmen, 2010
Genus Spiroxys Schneider, 1866
Genus Tanqua Blanchard, 1904
Genus Cheiracanthus Diesing, 1835 nec Agassiz, 1843 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Subfamily Metaleptinae Moravec & Nagasawa, 2010 accepted as Mooleptinae Sokolov & Gordeev, 2021 (Based on a preoccupied generic name.)
1. Genus Metaleptus Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982 accepted as Mooleptus Özdikmen, 2010 (Preoccupied by Metaleptus Bates, 1872)
Genus Piavussunema Kohn, Gomes & Motta, 1968 accepted as Ancyracanthus Diesing, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22881 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Vanaverbeke, Jan

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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. [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Sokolov, S.; Gordeev, I. (2021). Morphology and phylogeny of the parasitic nematode Mooleptus rabuka (Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982) (Rhabditida, Spirurina: Mooleptinae nom. nov.), with notes on taxonomy of the family Gnathostomatidae. Journal of Helminthology. 95., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x21000390 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]

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