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

Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) Dujardin, 1845

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anisakis*	Dujardin, 1845	accepted genus name
*Conocephalus*	Diesing, 1860	synonym

Species group names

*Ascaris simplex*	Rudolphi, 1809	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	Sokolov, S.; Ieshko, E.; Gordeeva, N.; Gorbach, V.; Parshukov, A. (2023). Parasites of invasive pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii: Salmonidae), in the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. Polar Biology. 47(1): 101-113.
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	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.
additional source	Brattey, J. & 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	Bennett, J.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2022). Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates. Invertebrate Biology. 141(3): e12380.
additional source	Santoro, M., M. Palomba, S. Mattiucci, D. Osca & F. Crocetta. (2020). New Parasite Records for the Sunfish Mola mola in the Mediterranean Sea and Their Potential Use as Biological Tags for Long-Distance Host Migration. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7:1-8.
additional source	Delgado-Estrella, A.; Vázquez-Maldonado, V. E.; Aguilar-Aguilar, R. (2022). New records of nematodes from three aquatic mammals in Mexico with notes about the nematode fauna recorded in Mexican waters. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 50(5): 692-702.
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.
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. Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) Dujardin, 1845. 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:122889

Dr. David Gibson. Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) Dujardin, 1845. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4d868e5e-2ec8-4bf5-aae3-3857c75b0d98