Ascarophis is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophis are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of marine and estuarine fishes.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cystidicolidae |
| Genus: | Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871 |
Species
editAccording to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] the genus currently (2019) includes many species. A few are listed here:
- Ascarophis arctica Polyansky, 1952
- Ascarophis ayalai Caballero, 1975
- Ascarophis beryx Kataitseva, 1979
- Ascarophis brasiliensis Pinto, Vicente & Noronha, 1984
- Ascarophis capelanus Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
- Ascarophis carvajali Muñoz & George-Nascimento, 2007
- Ascarophis cestus Chitwood, 1934
- Ascarophis cooperi Johnston & Mawson, 1945
- Ascarophis crassicollis Dollfus & Campana-Rouget, 1956 [3]
- Ascarophis distorta Fusco et Overstreet, 1978 [4][5]
- Ascarophis morrhuae Van Beneden, 1871 [1] (Type-species) a parasite of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua.
Several subgenera have been proposed, with the following species:
- Subgenus Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) Moravec & Justine, 2009 [6]
- Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida, 1981 [7]
- Subgenus Ascarophis (Paraspinitectus) Moravec & Justine, 2009 [6]
- Ascarophis (Paraspinitectus) beaveri Overstreet, 1970 [8]
- Subgenus Ascarophis (Similascarophis) Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004 [9]
- Ascarophis (Similascarophis) chilensis (Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004) Moravec & González-Solís, 2007 [9]
- Ascarophis (Similascarophis) marina (Szidat, 1961) Ivanov, Navone & Martorelli, 1997
- Ascarophis (Similascarophis) maulensis (Muñoz, González & George-Nascimento, 2004) Moravec & González-Solís, 2007 [9]
- Ascarophis (Similascarophis) nasonis Machida, 1981 [7][10]
- Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri Moravec & Justine, 2007 [11]
References
edit- ^ a b Van Beneden, P. J. (1871). Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 38, 1-156. PDF in BHL
- ^ a b Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22837 on 2019-01-04
- ^ Dollfus, Robert Ph.; Campana-Rouget, Yvonne (1956). "Une nouvelle espèce d'Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurinæ) chez Gadus luscus L. Révision du genre". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 31 (4): 385–404. doi:10.1051/parasite/1956314385. ISSN 0003-4150.
- ^ Fusco AC, Overstreet RM (1978) Ascarophis distortus, a new spiruroid nematode from a chaetodontid fish in the northern Red Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 91:374–378
- ^ Moravec, František; Shamsi, Shokoofeh; Justine, Jean-Lou (2021). "Redescription of Ascarophis distorta Fusco et Overstreet, 1978 (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of some butterflyfishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 66 (3): 907–914. doi:10.1007/s11686-021-00359-7. ISSN 1230-2821. PMID 33687644.
- ^ a b Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2009). "Two cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 54 (4). doi:10.2478/s11686-009-0058-7. ISSN 1896-1851.
- ^ a b Machida M. 1981. Two new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Spirurida) from marine fishes of Japan and Palau. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 7, 1–5.
- ^ Overstreet, Robin M. (1970). "Spinitectus beaveri sp. n. (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) from the Bonefish, Albula vulpes (Linnaeus), in Florida". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (1): 128–130. doi:10.2307/3277468. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3277468.
- ^ a b c Muñoz, Gabriela; González, María Teresa; George-Nascimento, Mario (2004). "Similascarophis n. gen. n. spp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitizing marine fishes off the Chilean coast". Journal of Parasitology. 90 (4): 823–834. doi:10.1645/GE-3115. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 15357077.
- ^ Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of spirurid nematodes (Nematoda, Spirurida, Guyanemidae, Philometridae & Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with redescriptions of two species and erection of Ichthyofilaroides n. gen". Parasite. 27: 5. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6984328. PMID 31985397.
- ^ Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2007). "A new species of Ascarophis (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthys citrinus from a seamount off the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica. 52 (3). doi:10.2478/s11686-007-0026-z. ISSN 1896-1851.
