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 > Genus Anguillicola

Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anguillicola*	Yamaguti, 1935	accepted genus name
*Anguillicola (Anguillicoloides)*	Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988	synonym
*Anguillicoloides*	Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988	synonym

Species group names

*Anguillicola (Anguillicoloides) crassus*	Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974	synonym
*Anguillicoloides crassus*	(Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: svømmeblæreorm sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

Dutch: zwemblaasworm

English: eel parasite; swim-bladder nematode sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

German: Schwimmblasenwurm sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

Polish: angwilikola sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

Swedish: ålnematod; simblåsemask

Literature

original description	Kuwahara, A.; Niimi, A.; Itakaki, H. (1974). Studies on a nematode parasitic in the air bladder of the eel. 1. Description of Anguillicola crassa n. sp. (Philometridea, Anguillicolidae). Japanese Journal of Parasitology. 23 (5): 275-279, fig., tab. [Japanese summary].
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	Eno, N. C.; Clark, R. A.; Sanderson, W. G. (1997). Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. pp. 136.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974. 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:122885

Dr. David Gibson. Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/eacf80ab-10fe-4f09-997a-a3b27b309d01