Nemys - Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942

WoRMS taxon details

Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942

AphiaID

828419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:828419)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912

Original name

Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942

Synonymised names

Contracaecum spheniscus Boreo & Led, 1970 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Contracaecum spheniscus Johnston & Mawson, 1942 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828419 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-01-04 06:26:10Z

created

Shamsi, Shokoofeh

2023-12-11 21:10:17Z

changed

Gibson, David

Licensing

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Taxonomy

redescription Mota Alves, A.; Gomes Borges, J. C.; Vergara Parente, J. E.; Inacio da Silva, W. S.; De Jesus, J. V.; Evangelista Soares, M.; Santana Lima, V. F. (2023). Occurrence of Contracaecum pelagicum (Johnston & Mawson 1942) (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1837)) collected from northeast Brazil, with an update on its distribution in the country. Neotropical Helminthology. 17(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20231721598 [details]

Other

additional source Brandão, M.; Moreira, J.; Luque, J. (2014). Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world. Check List. 10(3): 562-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.562 [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]