Ascarophis Explained

Ascarophis is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophis are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of marine and estuarine fishes.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] the genus currently (2019) includes many species. A few are listed here:

Several subgenera have been proposed, with the following species:

Notes and References

  1. Van Beneden, P. J. (1871). Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 38, 1-156. PDF in BHL
  2. Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22837 on 2019-01-04
  3. Dollfus. Robert Ph.. Campana-Rouget. Yvonne. Une nouvelle espèce dAscarophis (Nematoda, Spirurinæ) chez Gadus luscus L. Révision du genre. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 31. 4. 1956. 385–404. 0003-4150. 10.1051/parasite/1956314385. free.
  4. Fusco AC, Overstreet RM (1978) Ascarophis distortus, a new spiruroid nematode from a chaetodontid fish in the northern Red Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 91:374–378
  5. Moravec. František. Shamsi. Shokoofeh. Justine. Jean-Lou. Redescription of Ascarophis distorta Fusco et Overstreet, 1978 (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of some butterflyfishes off New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 2021. 66 . 3 . 907–914 . 1230-2821. 10.1007/s11686-021-00359-7. 33687644 .
  6. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. Two cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 54. 4. 2009. 1896-1851. 10.2478/s11686-009-0058-7. free.
  7. Overstreet. Robin M.. Spinitectus beaveri sp. n. (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) from the Bonefish, Albula vulpes (Linnaeus), in Florida. The Journal of Parasitology. 56. 1. 1970. 128–130. 0022-3395. 10.2307/3277468. 3277468.
  8. Muñoz. Gabriela. González. María Teresa. George-Nascimento. Mario. Similascarophis n. gen. n. spp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitizing marine fishes off the Chilean coast. Journal of Parasitology. 90. 4. 2004. 823–834. 0022-3395. 10.1645/GE-3115. 15357077.
  9. Machida M. 1981. Two new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurida) from marine fishes of Japan and Palau. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 7, 1–5.
  10. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. New records of spirurid nematodes (Nematoda, Spirurida, Guyanemidae, Philometridae & Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with redescriptions of two species and erection of Ichthyofilaroides n. gen.. Parasite. 27. 2020. 5. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2020003. 6984328. free. 31985397 .
  11. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. A new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthys citrinus from a seamount off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 52. 3. 2007. 1896-1851. 10.2478/s11686-007-0026-z. free.

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