MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858

ERMS taxon details

Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858

AphiaID

22853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22853)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acuariinae Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

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Species Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) Seurat, 1919

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=22853 on 2026-07-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22853 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2022-07-02 19:31:27Z

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Gibson, David

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basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]

additional source Mutafchiev, Y.; Halajian, A.; Georgiev, B. B. (2010). Two new nematode species of the genus Cosmocephalus Molin, 1858 (Spirurida: Acuariidae), with an amended generic diagnosis and an identification key to Cosmocephalus spp. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2349(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2349.1.1 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cosmocephalus)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (12 records)