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

Anisakis pegreffii Campana-Rouget & Biocca, 1955

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anisakis*	Dujardin, 1845	accepted genus name
*Conocephalus*	Diesing, 1860	synonym

Literature

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	Mattiucci, S.; Nascetti, G. (2008). Chapter 2 Advances and Trends in the Molecular Systematics of Anisakid Nematodes, with Implications for their Evolutionary Ecology and Host—Parasite Co-evolutionary Processes. Advances in Parasitology.
additional source	Kim, S.; Jeon, J. Y.; Lee, K.; Lee, H.; Park, H. C.; Lee, K. E.; Lee, H.; Lee, S. B.; Kim, S. W.; Park, S. C.; Choe, S.; Youn, H. (2024). Genetic analyses of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the East Asian finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in Korean waters. Parasitology Research. 123(11).
additional source	Lehnert, K.; Poulin, R.; Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. Journal of Helminthology. 93(06): 649-676.
additional source	Ding, F.; Gu, S.; Yi, M.-R.; Yan, Y.-R.; Wang, W.-K.; Tung, K.-C. (2022). Demographic history and population genetic structure of Anisakis pegreffii in the cutlassfish Trichiurus japonicus along the coast of mainland China and Taiwan. Parasitology Research.
additional source	Delgado-Estrella, A.; Vázquez-Maldonado, V. E.; Aguilar-Aguilar, R. (2022). New records of nematodes from three aquatic mammals in Mexico with notes about the nematode fauna recorded in Mexican waters. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 50(5): 692-702.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anisakis pegreffii Campana-Rouget & Biocca, 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:122886

Dr. David Gibson. Anisakis pegreffii Campana-Rouget & Biocca, 1955. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c5f92af4-8d3f-49ce-98dc-d3f32064356e