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 septentrionale Kreis, 1955

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Contracaecum*	Railliet & Henry, 1912	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Kreis HA. (1955). Contracaecum septentrionale, ein neuer parasit aus dem Kormoran. sein Lebenslauf, sowie Angaben uber die Entwicklung der Anisakinae Z Parasitkde. 17:106-21.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum septentrionale Kreis, 1955. 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:122911

Dr. David Gibson. Contracaecum septentrionale Kreis, 1955. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/59ffb2e1-7c72-47d1-86c9-8d94b4c35bd5