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Contracaecum radiatum (Linstow, 1907) Baylis, 1920

527911  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527911)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Rhabditida (Order)
  7. Spirurina (Suborder)
  8. Ascaridomorpha (Infraorder)
  9. Ascaridoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Anisakidae (Family)
  11. Contracaecinae (Subfamily)
  12. Contracaecum (Genus)
  13. Contracaecum radiatum (Species)
accepted
Species
Ascaris falcigera Railliet & Henry, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Ascaris radiata Linstow, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Kathleena radiata (Linstow, 1907) Leiper & Atkinson, 1915 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
(of Ascaris radiata Linstow, 1907) von Linstow, O. (1907). Nematodes of the Scottish national Antarctic expedition, 1902-1904. Proc Roy Soc Edinb. 26: 464-472. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum radiatum (Linstow, 1907) Baylis, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527911 on 2025-04-10
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2010-10-04 09:15:49Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Ascaris radiata Linstow, 1907) von Linstow, O. (1907). Nematodes of the Scottish national Antarctic expedition, 1902-1904. Proc Roy Soc Edinb. 26: 464-472. [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Baylis, H. A. (1937). On the ascarids parasitic in seals, with special reference to the genus Contracaecum. Parasitology. 29(01): 121., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000026251 [details] 

Other

additional source Arduino P, Nascetti G, Cianchi R, Plotz J, Mattiucci S, D'Amelio S, et al. (1995). Isozyme variation and taxonomic rank of Contracaecum radiatum (v. Linstow, 1970) from the Antarctic ocean (Nematoda : Ascaridoidea). Systematic Parasitology. 30:1 – 9. [details] 

additional source Kloser H, Plotz J. (1992). Morphological destinction between adult Contracaecum radiatum and Contracaecum osculatum (Nematoda, Anisakidae) from the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Zool Scr. 21(2):129-32. [details] 

additional source Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. Journal of Helminthology. 93(06): 649-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x19000361 [details] 

additional source Garbin, L. E.; Diaz, J. I.; Servián, A.; Fusaro, B.; Navone, G. T. (2023). The genus Contracaecum Raillet & Henry (Nematoda: Anisakidae): host and geographical distribution on Neotropical and Antarctic species. Zootaxa. 5256(1): 43-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.1.3 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
IBCSO (Antarctica)Source: International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO)
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Contracaecum radiatum) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (2 records) 
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