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WoRMS taxon details

Ascarididae Baird, 1853

AphiaID

22862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22862)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Ascaridoidea Baird, 1853

Direct children (34)

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Genus Amphisakis Chakravarty & Majumdar, 1960
Subfamily Angusticaecinae Skrjabin & Karokhin, 1945
1. Genus Amplicaecum Baylis, 1920
2. Genus Angusticaecum Baylis, 1920
3. Genus Ophidascaris Baylis, 1921
Subfamily Ascaridinae Baird, 1853
1. Genus Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758
2. Genus Fusaria Zeder, 1800 accepted as Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Ascarites Poinar & Boucot, 2006
Genus Bairdascaris Sprent, 1982
Genus Bauruascaris Cardia, Bertini, Camossi & Letizio, 2019
Genus Baylisascaris Sprent, 1968
Genus Freitasascaris Sprent, 1983
Genus Hartwichia Chabaud & Bain, 1966
Genus Hexametra Travassos, 1919
Genus Krefftascaris Sprent, 1980
Genus Lagochilascaris Leiper, 1909
Genus Metascaris Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
Genus Multicaecum Baylis, 1923
Genus Ortleppascaris Sprent, 1978
Genus Parascaris Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Genus Pelicanascaris Ali & Farooqui in Singh & Tandan, 1970
Genus Polydelphis Dujardin, 1845
Subfamily Porrocaecinae Osche, 1958
1. Genus Porrocaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912
Genus Pseudostrongyloides Kreis, 1940
Genus Raillietascaris Sprent, 1985
Genus Seuratascaris Sprent, 1985
Subfamily Toxocarinae Hartwich, 1954
1. Genus Paradujardinia Travassos, 1933
2. Genus Toxascaris Leiper, 1907
3. Genus Toxocara Stiles & Hassall, 1905
Genus Travassosascaris Sprent, 1978
Genus Trispiculascaris Skrjabin, 1916 accepted as Dujardinascaris Baylis, 1947

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarididae Baird, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22862 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2015-03-02 08:31:56Z

checked

Vanaverbeke, Jan

2017-05-30 12:22:52Z

changed

Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

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

Taxonomy

taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. <em>Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain.</em> 2: 633-653. [details] Available for editors