Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Order Ascaridida > Superfamily Ascaridoidea > Family Anisakidae > Subfamily Anisakinae > Tribe Anisakinea > Genus Anisakis

Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anisakis*	Dujardin, 1845	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ascaris simplex*	Rudolphi, 1809	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: herring worm sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Polish: anisakis

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	Brattey, J., and K.J. Clark. 1992. Effect of temperature on egg hatching and survival of larvae of Anisakis simplex B (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(2): 274-279.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Yeates, G.W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1302 nucleotides; 533 proteins)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mesozoa Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122889

Dr David Gibson. Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=391398