Nemys - Serpinema microcephalus (Dujardin, 1845)

Nemys taxon details

Serpinema microcephalus (Dujardin, 1845)

AphiaID

1672375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1672375)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Serpinema Yeh, 1960

Original name

Cucullanus microcephalus Dujardin, 1845 ?nec Rudolphi, 1819

Environment

fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Serpinema microcephalus (Dujardin, 1845). Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/10.3390/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672375 on 2026-02-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-08-04 20:29:18Z

created

Gibson, David

2026-02-09 13:16:44Z

changed

Gibson, David

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Sources (5)
Attributes (7)

taxonomy source Silva, L. M. O.; Santos, A. N.; Trindade, L. F. F.; Melo, F. T. V. (2026). Exploring the Diversity of Brazilian camallanids: a Checklist of the family Camallanidae (Nematoda) from Brazil with a new key to identification of the genera in the family. Parasitology. 1-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182026101668 [details]

basis of record Silva, L. M. O.; Jesus, R. F.; Santos, A. N.; Nandyara, B.; Willkens, Y.; Santos, J. N.; Melo, F. T. V. (2023). New species of Serpinema (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the scorpion mud turtle Kinosternon scorpioides (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from eastern Amazon, Brazil. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.07.006 [details]

additional source Jesus, R. F.; Santos, A. N.; De Almeida Pereira Oliveira, T.; Félix-Silva, D.; Melo, F. T. V. (2023). Orientatractis bowseri n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) parasite of Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger) (Testudines: Podocnemididae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Systematic Parasitology. 101(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10135-y [details]

additional source Sazmand, A.; Miadfar, M.; Deak, G.; Babaei, M.; Mendoza-Roldan, J. A.; Otranto, D. (2024). Parasites of reptiles in Iran (1922–2023): A literature review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 25: 100992., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100992 [details]

additional source Izidro de Brito, P.; Figueiredo Lacerda, A. (2025). Helminth parasites of terrestrial and freshwater chelonians in the Neotropical region: Biogeographic distribution and new record for Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines: Chelidae) in the Brazilian semi-arid region. Journal of Helminthology. 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25000392 [details]

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