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

Anisakis Dujardin, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Conocephalus*	Diesing, 1860	synonym

Children

Anisakis berlandi Mattiucci, Cipriani, Webb, Paoletti, Marcer, Bellisario, Gibson & Nascetti, 2014
Anisakis pegreffii Campana-Rouget & Biocca, 1955
Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) Dujardin, 1845
Anisakis typica (Diesing, 1860) Baylis, 1920
Anisakis ziphidarum Paggi, Nascetti, Webb, Mattiucci, Cianchi & Bullini, 1988

Literature

original description	Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris. xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
redescription	Safonova, A. E.; Voronova, A. N.; Vainutis, K. S. (2021). First report on molecular identification of Anisakis simplex in Oncorhynchus nerka from the fish market, with taxonomical issues within Anisakidae. Journal of Nematology. 53(1): 1-10.
taxonomy source	Takano, T.; Sata, N. (2022). Multigene phylogenetic analysis reveals non-monophyly of Anisakis s.l. and Pseudoterranova (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasitology International. 91: 102631.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anisakis 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:22832

Dr. David Gibson. Anisakis Dujardin, 1845. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b121d6e5-1b1d-47ed-b919-d69ae04fd993