Nemys - Thynnascaris adunca (Rudolphi, 1802)

Nemys name details

Thynnascaris adunca (Rudolphi, 1802)

AphiaID

160099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160099)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Superseded combination)

Accepted name

Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) Deardorff & Overstreet, 1981

Rank

Species

Parent

Thynnascaris Dollfus, 1933 accepted as Hysterothylacium Ward & Magath, 1917

Original name

Ascaris adunca Rudolphi, 1802

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ascaris adunca Rudolphi, 1802) Rudolphi, K. A. (1802). Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingeweidewürmer [Continuation of 1801 a]. Arch. Zool. u. Zoot. 2(2), 1-67, pl. 1. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters

Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Thynnascaris adunca (Rudolphi, 1802). Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/10.3390/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160099 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 17:18:14Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-17 16:42:11Z

changed

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2015-01-11 00:08:14Z

changed

Shamsi, Shokoofeh

2017-05-12 10:05:35Z

changed

Gibson, David

2025-09-06 14:38:45Z

changed

Gibson, David

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description (of Ascaris adunca Rudolphi, 1802) Rudolphi, K. A. (1802). Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingeweidewürmer [Continuation of 1801 a]. Arch. Zool. u. Zoot. 2(2), 1-67, pl. 1. [details]

basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

[request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source Wierzbicka, J.; Gajda, M. (1984). Parasitic fauna of the barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) from off New Zealand. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 14(1-2): 149-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.10 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet parasitic [details]

Dimensions generally, less than 1 mm [details]

Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters [details]

Habitat generally, all substrata and in all sorts of hosts, both vertebrate and invertebrate [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate and dimorphic (males smaller than females); fertilization internal, eggs retained through hatching [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)