WoRMS taxon details
Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895
- Subfamily Gnathostomatinae (Railliet, 1895)
- Subfamily Mooleptinae Sokolov & Gordeev, 2021
- Genus Mooleptus Özdikmen, 2010
- Genus Cheiracanthus Diesing, 1835 nec Agassiz, 1843 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Subfamily Metaleptinae Moravec & Nagasawa, 2010 accepted as Mooleptinae Sokolov & Gordeev, 2021 (Based on a preoccupied generic name.)
- Genus Metaleptus Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982 accepted as Mooleptus Özdikmen, 2010 (Preoccupied by Metaleptus Bates, 1872)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Gnathostomatidae Railliet, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22881 on 2025-05-14
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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 
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taxonomy source Sokolov, S.; Gordeev, I. (2021). Morphology and phylogeny of the parasitic nematode Mooleptus rabuka (Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982) (Rhabditida, Spirurina: Mooleptinae nom. nov.), with notes on taxonomy of the family Gnathostomatidae. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 95., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x21000390 [details]
[request]taxonomy source Sokolov, S.; Gordeev, I. (2021). Morphology and phylogeny of the parasitic nematode Mooleptus rabuka (Machida, Ogawa & Okiyama, 1982) (Rhabditida, Spirurina: Mooleptinae nom. nov.), with notes on taxonomy of the family Gnathostomatidae. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 95., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x21000390 [details]
Other
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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