WoRMS name details
Metanisakis rotundatum (Rudolphi, 1819)
159628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159628)
unaccepted (Synonym)
Species
marine
Not documented
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metanisakis rotundatum (Rudolphi, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159628 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic [details]Dimensions generally, less than 1 mm [details]
Distribution unknown; lack of study done on this group in the Bay of Fundy and surrounding waters [details]
Habitat generally, all substrata and in all sorts of hosts, both vertebrate and invertebrate [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate and dimorphic (males smaller than females); fertilization internal, eggs retained through hatching [details]
