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Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 22864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nematoda (Phylum) > Secernentea (Class) > Ascaridida (Order) > Ascaridoidea (Superfamily) > Ascarididae (Family) > Ascaridinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1
Rank Genus
Parent Ascaridinae (Baird, 1853)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

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

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 Species Ascaris lumbricoides

Species Ascaris affinis Oerley, 1885 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris alepocephali Linstow, 1899 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris appendiculata Stossich, 1897 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris argentinae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris aspidophori Beneden, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris atherinae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris belonesvulgaris Diesing, 1861 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris boopis Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris bramae Beneden, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris centrisci Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris clupeae Beneden, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris cyclopteri Diesing, 1851 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris cynaedi Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris digitata Linstow, 1905 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris engraulidis Parona, 1894 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris filariformis Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris gadiminuti Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris hippocampi Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris hirsuta Beneden, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris incrassata Molin, 1858 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris labrilusci Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris linguatulae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris longestriata Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris lyrae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris macrolabium Stossich, 1897 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris maena Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris microcerca Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris minuta Molin, 1858 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris molvae Linstow, 1905 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris mulli Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris novaculae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris ophidiibarbati Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris ophidiiimberbis Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris pachyderma Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris phycis Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris prionodora Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris rajae Diesing, 1851 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris rostrata Stossich, 1897 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris sauri Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris sciaenae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris scombrorum Stossich, 1892 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris scorpaenae Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris scorpaenaecirrhosae Diesing, 1851 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris sparoidum Diesing, 1851 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris spicrae Diesing, 1851 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris stictodora Stossich, 1902 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris succisa Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris tenuissima Zeder, 1800 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris ungulata Beneden, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris uranoscopi Rudolphi, 1819 (nomen dubium)
Species Ascaris wedli Stossich, 1896 (nomen dubium)

Species Ascaris adunca Rudolphi, 1802 accepted as Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802)
Species Ascaris decipiens Krabbe, 1878 accepted as Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878)
Species Ascaris falcigera Railliet & Henry, 1907 accepted as Contracaecum radiatum (Linstow, 1907)
Species Ascaris osculata Rudolphi, 1802 accepted as Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802)
Species Ascaris radiata Linstow, 1907 accepted as Contracaecum radiatum (Linstow, 1907)
Species Ascaris spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809) accepted as Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809)
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22864
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758. In: Deprez, T. et al. (2005). NeMys. World list of free-living nematodes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22864 on 2013-05-22
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