Nemys - Contracaecum heardi Mawson, 1953

Nemys taxon details

Contracaecum heardi Mawson, 1953

AphiaID

829051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:829051)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912

Original name

Contracaecum heardi Mawson, 1953

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Mawson P. (1953). Parasitic nematoda collected by the Australian national Antarctic research expedition: Heard Island and Macquarie Island, 1948 – 1951. Parasitology. 43(3 – 4): 291 – 7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000018667 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum heardi Mawson, 1953. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829051 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-01-11 00:08:14Z

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Shamsi, Shokoofeh

2025-03-14 09:32:12Z

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Gibson, David

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original description Mawson P. (1953). Parasitic nematoda collected by the Australian national Antarctic research expedition: Heard Island and Macquarie Island, 1948 – 1951. Parasitology. 43(3 – 4): 291 – 7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000018667 [details]

basis of record Shamsi, S. (2014). Recent advances in our knowledge of Australian anisakid nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 3(2): 178-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.04.001 [details]

additional source Brandão, M.; Moreira, J.; Luque, J. (2014). Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world. Check List. 10(3): 562-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.562 [details]

additional source Garbin, L. E.; Diaz, J. I.; Servián, A.; Fusaro, B.; Navone, G. T. (2023). The genus Contracaecum Raillet & Henry (Nematoda: Anisakidae): host and geographical distribution on Neotropical and Antarctic species. Zootaxa. 5256(1): 43-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.1.3 [details]

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