WoRMS taxon details
Physalopteridae Railliet, 1893
- Subfamily Proleptinae Schulz, 1927
- Genus Heliconema Travassos, 1919
- Genus Paraleptus Wu, 1927
- Genus Proleptus Dujardin, 1845
- Genus Rasheedia Moravec & Justine, 2018
- Genus Bulbocephalus Rasheed, 1966 accepted as Rasheedia Moravec & Justine, 2018 (Pre-occupied)
- Genus Coronilla van Beneden, 1871 accepted as Proleptus Dujardin, 1845
- Genus Neoleptus Specian, Ubelaker & Dailey, 1975 accepted as Paraleptus Wu, 1927
- Genus Ortleppina Schulz, 1927 accepted as Heliconema Travassos, 1919 (synonym)
- Genus Paraleputs Wu, 1927 accepted as Paraleptus Wu, 1927 (alternate incorrect original spelling)
- Genus Spiropterina van Beneden, 1858 accepted as Proleptus Dujardin, 1845
- Genus Cestocephalus Rasheed, 1966 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Pseudomazzia Bilqees, Ghazi & Haseeb, 2005 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subfamily Bulbocephalinae Rasheed, 1966 accepted as Proleptinae Schulz, 1927 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Physalopteridae Railliet, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22839 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Railliet, A. (1893). Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Deuxième Édition. Asselin et Houzeau, Paris. [details]
basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]
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 
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context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
