Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spiruromorpha > Superfamily Acuarioidea > Family Acuariidae > Subfamily Acuariinae > Genus Cosmocephalus

Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) Seurat, 1919

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cosmocephalus*	Molin, 1858	accepted genus name
*Filaria*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Spiroptera obvelatus*	Creplin, 1825	objective synonym
*Spiroptera obvelata*	Creplin, 1825	synonym

Children

Cosmocephalus obvelatus magnus Wassilkowa, 1926

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 174-176.
additional source	Santos, C. P., Lopes, K. C., Gibson, D. I. (2016). Nematoda. In: Eiras, J. C., Velloso, A. L., Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marhinos de América ddo Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande. pp. 209-258.
additional source	Kornyychuk, Y.; Polyakova, T.; Pronkina, N. (2022). New data on pipefishes' and seahorse's endohelminths off Crimean coasts of the Black Sea. Helminthologia. 59(1): 74-82.
additional source	Brandão, M.; Moreira, J.; Luque, J. (2014). Checklist of Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Arthropoda parasitizing penguins of the world. Check List. 10(3): 562-573.
additional source	Gilardoni, C.; Lorenti, E.; Diaz, J. I.; Leonardi, S.; Cremonte, F. (2023). Parasitological survey of coastal birds from the Magellanic coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 95(2).
redescription	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. Zootaxa. 2349(1): 1.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
redescription	Anderson, R. C.; Wong, P. L. (1981). Redescription of Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) (Nematoda: Acuarioidea) from Larus delawarensis Ord (Laridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 59(10): 1897-1902.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) Seurat, 1919. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122912

Dr. David Gibson. Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) Seurat, 1919. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ba9ff576-23d6-4886-bdc2-0a643d0bf29a