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

Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Contracaecum circi Oschmarin, 1953
Contracaecum filiforme (Stossich, 1904)
Contracaecum kamaense Steiner, 1929
Contracaecum microcephalum (Rudolphi, 1809) Baylis, 1920
Contracaecum micropapillatum (Stossich, 1890)
Contracaecum milvi Yamaguti, 1935
Contracaecum milviensis Karokhin, 1937
Contracaecum mulli (Wedl, 1855)
Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) Baylis, 1920
Contracaecum osmanovi Mozgovoi, 1951
Contracaecum ovale (Linstow, 1907)
Contracaecum pandioni Sobolev & Sudarikov, 1936
Contracaecum papilligerum (Creplin, 1846)
Contracaecum pedum (Deslongchamps, 1824)
Contracaecum praestriatum Monnig, 1923
Contracaecum rudolphii Bullini & al. - homonymA, 1986
Contracaecum rudolphii Bullini & al. - homonymB, 1986
Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964
Contracaecum septentrionale Kreis, 1955
Contracaecum variegatum (Rudolphi, 1809)

Literature

basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
taxonomy source	Garbin, L. E.; Diaz, J. I.; Servián, A.; Fusaro, B.; Navone, G. T. (2023). The genus Contracaecum Raillet & Henry (Nematoda: Anisakidae): host and geographical distribution on Neotropical and Antarctic species. Zootaxa. 5256(1): 43-62.
taxonomy source	Mosgovoy, A.A. (1953). Ascaridata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. Second volume. Osnovy nematodologii. Volume 2, 616 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912. 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:22849

Dr. David Gibson. Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fed4ac07-794b-4731-b8e3-8791632223fb