Genus Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912
- Contracaecum Railliet, A. & Henry, A. 1912. Quelques Nematodes parasites des Reptiles. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique 5: 251-259 [256].
Type species:
Ascaris microcephalum Rudolphi, 1809 by original designation. - Ornitocaecum Skryabin, K.I., Schikhobalova, N.P. & Mozgovoi, A.A. 1951. Descriptive catalogue of parasitic nematodes. Moscow : Izdatelstvo Akademii Nauk Vol. 2. Oxyurata and Ascaridata. 632pp. [481] [as subgenus Contracaecum (Ornitocaecum)].
- Synthetonema Kreis, H.A. 1952. Beitrage zur Kenntnis parasitischer Nematoden. X. Parasitische nematoden aus der Umge-bung der Faroer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 114: 251-307 [265] [as subgenus Contracaecum (Synthetonema)].
Introduction
A range of unidentified Contracaecum species have been identified from birds and perciform fishes by Beumer (1983), Johnston & Mawson (1941, 1947), Mawson (1968), Mawson et al. (1986), and Roubal (1990).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)
General References
Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Ascaroid nematodes from Australian birds. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 110-115
Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1947. Some avian and fish nematodes chiefly from Tailem Bend, South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 547-553
Mawson, P.M. 1968. Nematodes from Australian waders. Parasitology 58: 277-305
Mawson, P.M., Angel, L.M. & Edmonds, S.J. 1986. A checklist of helminths from Australian birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 219-325
Roubal, F.R. 1990. The Parasites of the Sparid Acanthopagrus australis in Australia. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 10(4): 110-111
Shamsi, S. 2014. Recent advances in our knowledge of Australian anisakid nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3: 178-187
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Mar-2022 | CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983 | 17-May-2022 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
28-Aug-2014 | ANISAKIDAE Railliet & Henry, 1912 (Skryabin & Karokhin, 1945) | 01-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | |
04-Nov-2011 | ADDED |