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 rudolphii Hartwich, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Contracaecum*	Railliet & Henry, 1912	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ascaris spiculigerum*	Rudolphi, 1809	subjective 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	Bennett, J.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2022). Large-scale genetic investigation of nematode diversity and their phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand's marine animals. Parasitology. 149(13): 1794-1809.
additional source	El-Dakhly, K. M.; Hussein, N. M.; El-Nahas, E.-S. (2018). Occurrence of Helminths in the Great Cormorants, Phalacrocorax carbo, in Qena, Egypt. Journal of Advanced Veterinary Research. 8 (1),6-11.
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	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.
redescription	Moravec, F.; Scholz, T. (2016). Helminth parasites of the lesser great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis from two nesting regions in the Czech Republic. Folia Parasitologica. 63.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964. 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:122910

Dr. David Gibson. Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/02803eea-e92a-444a-9057-8236435bdccb