Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Ascaridomorpha > Superfamily Ascaridoidea > Family Anisakidae > Subfamily Contracaecinae > Genus Contracaecum

Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Contracaecum*	Railliet & Henry, 1912	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ascaris osculatum*	Rudolphi, 1802	objective synonym
*Ascaris osculata*	Rudolphi, 1802	synonym

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	Garbin, L. E.; Diaz, J. I.; Servián, A.; Fusaro, B.; Navone, G. T. (2023). The genus Contracaecum Raillet & Henry (Nematoda: Anisakidae): host and geographical distribution on Neotropical and Antarctic species. Zootaxa. 5256(1): 43-62.
additional source	Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. Journal of Helminthology. 93(06): 649-676.
additional source	Gordeev, I. I.; Sokolov, S. G. (2023). Helminths of epipelagic fish in the western Bering Sea and southern Sea of Okhotsk. Invertebrate Zoology. 20(2): 140-152.
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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
redescription	Arai, H. P.; Smith, J. W. (2016). Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda. Zootaxa. 4185(1): 1.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
redescription	Baylis, H. A. (1937). On the ascarids parasitic in seals, with special reference to the genus Contracaecum. Parasitology. 29(01): 121.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920. 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:122907

Dr. David Gibson. Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff711cc4-8957-453c-96d5-3f4607b4f6b4