WoRMS taxon details
Acanthocheilus rotundatus (Rudolphi, 1819) Chitwood, 1940
122883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122883)
accepted
Species
Acanthocheilus australis (Johnston & Mawson, 1945) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Acanthocheilus bicuspis (Wedl, 1855) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Acanthocheilus quadridentatus Molin, 1858 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Anacanthocheilus australis Johnston & Mawson, 1945 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Ascaris rotundata Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Metanisakis rotundatum (Rudolphi, 1819) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Pseudanisakis australis (Johnston & Mawson, 1945) Yamaguti, 1961 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acanthocheilus rotundatus (Rudolphi, 1819) Chitwood, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122883 on 2025-12-04
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 174-176. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Tedesco, P.; Quadrone, E. L.; Albonetti, L.; Marcer, F.; Caffara, M.; Fioravanti, M. L.; Tinti, F.; Gustinelli, A. (2025). Gastrointestinal Helminthofauna of Mediterranean Elasmobranchs. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 13(3): 512., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13030512 [details]
redescription Tedesco, P.; Gustinelli, A.; Caffara, M.; Marsella, A.; Toffan, A.; Fioravanti, M. L. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterization of two gastrointestinal parasites in Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Adriatic Sea. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 87(1): 616-623., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1826588 [details]
redescription Tedesco, P.; Gustinelli, A.; Caffara, M.; Marsella, A.; Toffan, A.; Fioravanti, M. L. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterization of two gastrointestinal parasites in Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Adriatic Sea. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 87(1): 616-623., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1826588 [details]
Other
additional source
Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182022001287 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Ascaris rotundata (in part) Rudolphi, 1819Ascaris bicuspis Wedl, 1855
Acanthocheilus quadridentatus Molin, 1858
Anacanthocheilus australis Johnston and Mawson, 1945
Acanthocheilus rotundatus.-Hartwich, 1957
Pseudanisakis australis. - Beumer el al., 1982 [details]
