Family Raphidascarididae

                                 Revised 01/24/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Order Rhabditida

                  Suborder Spirurina
                  Superfamily Ascaridoidea
                  Raphidascarididae Hartwich, 1954.   Also classified as Anisakidae Railliet & Henry, 1912 by some authorities.

                 Parasites of freshwater and marine fish.


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References

Gibson, D.I. 1983. Systematics of ascaridoid nematodes - a current assessment. In: Concepts in nematode systematics : Proceedings of an international symposium held jointly with the Association of Applied Biologists, in Cambridge / edited by A.R. Stone, H.M. Platt, and L.F. Khalil.

Moravec, F. and Justine, J.-L. 2015.Anisakid nematodes (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the marine fishes Plectropomus laevis Lace´pe`de (Serranidae) and Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger (Sphyraenidae) off New Caledonia, including two new species of Hysterothylacium Ward & Magath, 1917. Syst. Parasitol.92:181-195.

Nadler, S.A. 1987. Biochemical and Immunological Systematics of Some Ascaridoid Nematodes: Genetic Divergence between Congeners. Journal of Parasitology, 73:811-816

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