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Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) 
AphiaID: 122889

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nematoda (Phylum) > Secernentea (Class) > Ascaridida (Order) > Ascaridoidea (Superfamily) > Anisakidae (Family) > Anisakinae (Subfamily) > Anisakinea (Tribe) > Anisakis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anisakis Dujardin, 1845
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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. [details]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Yeates, G.W. (2009). Nematoda. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English herring worm  [details]
Polish anisakis  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1302 nucleotides; 533 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mesozoa Collection
Notes  Diet: parasitic [details]

Dimensions: generally, less than 1 mm [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Esquiman Channel), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone off Sept- Iles), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley of the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton channel), Saguenay Fjord, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), lower North Shore, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone) to the northeast of Anticosti Island (=Jaques Cartier Strait), lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North , N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL.), South Slope of Anticosti Island, western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland, and the Southwestern slope of Newfoundland. Arctic to Passamaquoddy Bay. [details]

Habitat: endoparasite [details]

Reproduction: sexes are separate and dimorphic (males smaller than females); fertilization internal, eggs retained through hatching [details]

Taxonomy: probably Anisakis simplex B [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122889
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gibson, David
  
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  Citation: Gibson, D. (2013). Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122889 on 2013-05-24
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