MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phocanema decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Myers, 1959

ERMS taxon details

Phocanema decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Myers, 1959

AphiaID

527906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527906)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phocanema Myers, 1959

Original name

Ascaris decipiens Krabbe, 1878

Synonymised names

Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Phocanema decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Myers, 1959. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527906 on 2026-08-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Phocanema decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Myers, 1959. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527906 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-04 09:15:49Z

created

Rocka, Anna

2019-09-13 15:07:56Z

changed

Gibson, David

2023-08-16 10:33:17Z

changed

Gibson, David

Licensing

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taxonomy source Bao, M., Giulietti, L., Levsen, A., and Karlsbakk, E. (2023). Resurrection of genus Phocanema Myers, 1959, as a genus independent from Pseudoterranova Mozgovoĭ, 1953, for nematode species (Anisakidae) parasitic in pinnipeds and cetaceans, respectively. Parasitology International. 97 (2023) 102794., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2023.102794 [details] Available for editors

additional source Özer, A. (2025). Wild and Cultured Fish Parasites in Türkiye: An Updated List of Species, Hosts, Microhabitat and Zoogeographical Distribution since 2020. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine. 82(1), 12-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:2024.0021 [details]

additional source Wierzbicka, J.; Gajda, M. (1984). Parasitic fauna of the barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) from off New Zealand. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 14(1-2): 149-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.3750/aip1984.14.1-2.10 [details]

additional source Guðmundsson, T.; Randhawa, H. (2025). Parasite diversity in haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) from Icelandic waters . Journal of Helminthology. 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x2510076x [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	cod or seal worm [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudoterranova decipiens) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To GenBank (292 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To PESI (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (12 records) (from synonym Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) Gibson, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (17 records)
To ITIS