Ascarophis

Ascarophis
Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Cystidicolidae
Genus:	Ascarophis Van Beneden, 1871

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]}

Species

According 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:

The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua , is the host of Ascarophis morrhuae

• SubgenusAscarophis (Dentiascarophis)Moravec & Justine, 2009 ^[6]
  • Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida, 1981 ^[7]
• SubgenusAscarophis (Paraspinitectus)Moravec & Justine, 2009 ^[6]
  • Ascarophis (Paraspinitectus) beaveri Overstreet, 1970 ^[8]
• SubgenusAscarophis (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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.