Porrocaecum
Genus of roundworms
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Porrocaecum is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Ascarididae.[1]
| Porrocaecum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Ascarididae |
| Genus: | Porrocaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Ascaris crassa Deslongchamps, 1824 | |
| Species | |
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
Porrocaecum contains the following species:[2]
- Porrocaecum angusticolle Molin, 1860
- Porrocaecum circinum Johnston & Mawson, 1941
- Porrocaecum crassum Deslongchamps, 1824 (type)
- Porrocaecum depressum Zeder, 1800
- Porrocaecum ensicaudatum Zeder, 1800
- Porrocaecum falklandicum Baylis, 1929
- Porrocaecum heteropterum Diesing, 1851
- Porrocaecum moraveci Gu et al., 2023
- Porrocaecum parvum Li, Guo & Zhang, 2015
- Porrocaecum reticulatum Linstow, 1899
- Porrocaecum serpentulus Rudolphi, 1809
- Porrocaecum streperae Johnston & Mawson, 1941
- Porrocaecum talpae Schrank, 1788
