Species Contracaecum microcephalum (Rudolphi, 1809)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ascaris microcephala Rudolphi, C.A. 1809. Entozoorum sive vermium intestinalium historia naturalis. Amsterdam : Sumtibus Tabernae Librariae et Artium Vol. 2(1) 457 pp. [167].
• Ascaris spiculigera Rudolphi, C.A. 1809. Entozoorum sive vermium intestinalium historia naturalis. Amsterdam : Sumtibus Tabernae Librariae et Artium Vol. 2(1) 457 pp. [168].
• Contracaecum himeu Yamaguti, S. 1941. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 36. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(3): 441-480 [457].
• Contracaecum umiu Yamaguti, S. 1941. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 36. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(3): 441-480 [459].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hartwich, G. 1964. Revision der Vogelparasitischen Nematoden Mitteleuropas. II. Die Gattung Contracaecum Railliet & Henry,1912(Ascaridoidea). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 40: 15-53

Generic Combinations

• Contracaecum microcephalum (Rudolphi, 1809). —
  Baylis, H.A. 1920. On the classification of the Ascaridae. 1. The systematic value of certain characters of the alimentary canal. Parasitology 12: 253-264 [262]
• Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809). —
  Railliet, A. & Henry, A. 1912. Quelques Nematodes parasites des Reptiles. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique 5: 251-259

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Phalacrocorax sulcirostris [PHALACROCORACIDAE]; Notothenia corriceps [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875) [MACROURIDAE]; Notothenia acuta [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Notothenia cyanobrancha [NOTOTHENIIDAE]; Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) [ARDEIDAE] Australasian Bittern; Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 [PELECANIDAE] Australian Pelican; Parapercis allporti (Günther, 1876) [PINGUIPEDIDAE] Barred Grubfish; Leucocarbo fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Black-faced Cormorant; Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] Glossy Ibis; Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Great Cormorant; Eudyptula minor (J.R. Forster, 1781) [SPHENISCIDAE] Little Penguin; Microcarbo melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Little Pied Cormorant (as Phalacrocorax melanoleucos); Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] Mackerel Icefish; Notothenia rossii Richardson, 1844 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Marbled Rockcod; Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) [ARDEIDAE] Nankeen Night Heron; Anas (Anas) superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 [ANATIDAE] Pacific Black Duck; Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1789) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Pied Cormorant; Ardea novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 [ARDEIDAE] White-faced Heron; Ardea (Ardea) pacifica Latham, 1801 [ARDEIDAE] White-necked Heron; Chaenichthys rhinoceratus; Notothenia mizops [NOTOTHENIIDAE]).

General References

Shamsi, S., Norman, R., Gasser, R. & Beveridge, I. 2009. Redescription and genetic characterization of selected Contracaecum spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from various hosts in Australia. Parasitology Research 104: 1507–1525

History of changes