Ascarophis

Ascarophis is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophis are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of marine and estuarine fishes. [1][2]

Ascarophis
Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Spirurida
Superfamily:
Habronematoidea
Family:
Cystidicolidae
Genus:
Ascarophis

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] the genus currently (2019) includes many species. A few are listed here:

  • Ascarophis arctica Polyansky, 1952
  • Ascarophis ayalai Caballero, 1975
  • Ascarophis beryx Kataitseva, 1979
  • Ascarophis brasiliensis Pinto, Vicente & Noronha, 1984
  • Ascarophis capelanus Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
  • Ascarophis carvajali Muñoz & George-Nascimento, 2007
  • Ascarophis cestus Chitwood, 1934
  • Ascarophis cooperi Johnston & Mawson, 1945
  • Ascarophis crassicollis Dollfus & Campana-Rouget, 1956 [3]
  • Ascarophis morrhuae Van Beneden, 1871 [1] (Type-species) a parasite of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua.

Several subgenera have been proposed, with the following species:

The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is the host of Ascarophis morrhuae
  • Subgenus Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) Moravec & Justine, 2009 [4]
    • Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida, 1981 [5]
  • Subgenus Ascarophis (Paraspinitectus) Moravec & Justine, 2009 [4]
    • Ascarophis (Paraspinitectus) beaveri Overstreet, 1970 [6]
  • Subgenus Ascarophis (Similascarophis) Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004 [7]
    • Ascarophis (Similascarophis) chilensis (Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004) Moravec & González-Solís, 2007 [7]
    • Ascarophis (Similascarophis) marina (Szidat, 1961) Ivanov, Navone & Martorelli, 1997
    • Ascarophis (Similascarophis) maulensis (Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004) Moravec & González-Solís, 2007 [7]
    • Ascarophis (Similascarophis) nasonis Machida, 1981 [5]
    • Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri Moravec & Justine, 2007 [8]
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References
  1. Van Beneden, P. J. (1871). Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 38, 1-156. PDF in BHL
  2. Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22837 on 2019-01-04
  3. Dollfus, Robert Ph.; Campana-Rouget, Yvonne (1956). "Une nouvelle espèce d'Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurinæ) chez Gadus luscus L. Révision du genre". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 31 (4): 385–404. doi:10.1051/parasite/1956314385. ISSN 0003-4150.
  4. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2009). "Two cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 54 (4). doi:10.2478/s11686-009-0058-7. ISSN 1896-1851.
  5. Machida M. 1981. Two new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurida) from marine fishes of Japan and Palau. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 7, 1–5.
  6. Overstreet, Robin M. (1970). "Spinitectus beaveri sp. n. (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) from the Bonefish, Albula vulpes (Linnaeus), in Florida". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (1): 128–130. doi:10.2307/3277468. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3277468.
  7. Muñoz, Gabriela; González, María Teresa; George-Nascimento, Mario (2004). "Similascarophis n. gen. n. spp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitizing marine fishes off the Chilean coast". Journal of Parasitology. 90 (4): 823–834. doi:10.1645/GE-3115. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 15357077.
  8. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2007). "A new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthys citrinus from a seamount off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 52 (3). doi:10.2478/s11686-007-0026-z. ISSN 1896-1851.
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