Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spirurina incertae sedis > Superfamily Dracunculoidea > Family Anguillicolidae > Subfamily Anguillicolinae

Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anguillicola (Anguillicoloides)*	Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988	synonym
*Anguillicoloides*	Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988	synonym

Children

Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974
Anguillicola novaezelandiae Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988

Literature

original description	Yamaguti, S. (1935). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 9. Nematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 6(2): 337-386.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
taxonomy source	Laetsch, D. R.; Heitlinger, E. G.; Taraschewski, H.; Nadler, S. A.; Blaxter, M. L. (2012). The phylogenetics of Anguillicolidae (Nematoda: Anguillicoloidea), swimbladder parasites of eels. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1): 60.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935. 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:22830

Dr. David Gibson. Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/df1135e4-abf0-47fe-9abc-9869d0627ee5