Cosmocercoides Explained

Cosmocercoides is a genus of nematode within the order Ascaridida. Nematodes within the genus Cosmocercoides have been found as parasites within the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa.^[1] Cosmocercoides includes the following species:^[2]

• Cosmocercoides barodensis Rao, 1979
• Cosmocercoides bufonis Karve, 1944
• Cosmocercoides dukae (Holl, 1928)
• Cosmocercoides fotedari Arya, 1992
• Cosmocercoides kumaoni Arya, 1992
• Cosmocercoides lanceolatus Rao, 1979
• Cosmocercoides multipapillata Khera, 1958
• Cosmocercoides nainitalensis Arya, 1979
• Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930
• Cosmocercoides rickae Ogden, 1966
• Cosmocercoides rusticum (Kreis, 1932)
• Cosmocercoides skrjabini (Ivanitskii, 1940)
• Cosmocercoides speleomantis Ricci, 1988
• Cosmocercoides tibetanum Baylis, 1927
• Cosmocercoides tridens Wilkie, 1930
• Cosmocercoides variabilis (Harwood, 1930)

Notes and References

1. Web site: C. Michael Hogan . Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) . . Nicklas Stromberg . April 23, 2010 . November 4, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527153302/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182 . May 27, 2009 . dead .
2. Cosmocercidae Railliet, 1916 . Synopsis of the Described Nematoda of the World . Joel Hallan . Texas A&M University.