WoRMS taxon details
Contracaecum radiatum (Linstow, 1907) Baylis, 1920
527911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527911)
accepted
Species
Ascaris falcigera Railliet & Henry, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Ascaris radiata Linstow, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Contracaecum falcigerum (Railliet & Henry, 1907) Baylis, 1920 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Kathleena radiata (Linstow, 1907) Leiper & Atkinson, 1915 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)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. <em>Proc Roy Soc Edinb.</em> 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 2025-07-02
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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. <em>Proc Roy Soc Edinb.</em> 26: 464-472. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Baylis, H. A. (1937). On the ascarids parasitic in seals, with special reference to the genus Contracaecum. <em>Parasitology.</em> 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). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 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). <em>Zool Scr.</em> 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. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5256(1): 43-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.1.3 [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). <em>Zool Scr.</em> 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. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5256(1): 43-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.1.3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
