Nemys - Anisakidae Railliet & Henry, 1912

Nemys taxon details

Anisakidae Railliet & Henry, 1912

AphiaID

19961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19961)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Ascaridoidea Baird, 1853

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Genus Amphibiogoezia Ratnamala Rao, 1980
Subfamily Anisakinae Railliet & Henry, 1912
1. Genus Anisakis Dujardin, 1845
2. Genus Euterranova Moravec & Justine, 2020
3. Genus Galeiceps Railliet, 1916
4. Genus Neoterranova Moravec & Justine, 2020
5. Genus Pseudoterranova Mozgovoi, 1951
6. Genus Pulchrascaris Vicente & Santos, 1972
7. Genus Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951
8. Genus Sulcascaris Hartwich, 1957
9. Genus Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
10. Tribe Anisakinea Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Anisakinae Railliet & Henry, 1912
11. Genus Cloeoascaris Baylis, 1923 accepted as Galeiceps Railliet, 1916 (Synonym)
Subfamily Contracaecinae Mozgovoi & Shakhmatova, 1971
1. Genus Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912
2. Genus Phocascaris Höst, 1932
Genus Duplicaecum Majumdar & Chakravarty, 1963
Genus Phocanema Myers, 1959
Genus Viverranisakis Soota & Chaturvedi, 1971
Genus Mariporrocaecum Sheenko, 1985 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Cerascaris Cobb, 1929 accepted as Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 (Synonym)
Genus Conocephalus Diesing, 1860 accepted as Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 (Synonym)
Genus Filocapsularia Deslongchamps, 1824; accepted as Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 (Synonym)
Genus Kathleena Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 accepted as Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 (Synonym)
Genus Metangusticaecum Skrjabin, Schikhobalova & Mozgovoi, 1951 accepted as Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 (Synonym)
Genus Peritrachelius Diesing, 1851 accepted as Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 (Synonym)
Genus Stomachus Goeze, 1800 accepted as Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 (Synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anisakidae Railliet & Henry, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/images/images/images/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=19961 on 2026-01-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

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taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653. [details] Available for editors

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context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]

status source Pereira, F. B.; Luque, J. L. (2017). An integrated phylogenetic analysis on ascaridoid nematodes (Anisakidae, Raphidascarididae), including further description and intraspecific variations of Raphidascaris ( Sprentascaris ) lanfrediae in freshwater fishes from Brazil. Parasitology International. 66(1): 898-904., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2016.10.012
note: Subfamilies supported [details]

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