North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Anguillicoloides crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988

AphiaID

458994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458994)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Superseded combination)

Accepted name

Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974

Rank

Species

Parent

Anguillicoloides Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988 accepted as Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935

Original name

Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

(of Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Kuwahara, A.; Niimi, A.; Itakaki, H. (1974). Studies on a nematode parasitic in the air bladder of the eel. 1. Description of Anguillicola crassa n. sp. (Philometridea, Anguillicolidae). Japanese Journal of Parasitology. 23 (5): 275-279, fig., tab. [Japanese summary]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Anguillicoloides crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458994 on 2026-07-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Anguillicoloides crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=458994 on 2026-07-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-17 14:25:35Z

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Kihara, Terue Cristina

2017-05-12 07:20:56Z

checked

Gibson, David

2017-05-12 10:05:35Z

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Gibson, David

2021-04-27 12:44:39Z

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Gibson, David

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original description (of Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) Kuwahara, A.; Niimi, A.; Itakaki, H. (1974). Studies on a nematode parasitic in the air bladder of the eel. 1. Description of Anguillicola crassa n. sp. (Philometridea, Anguillicolidae). Japanese Journal of Parasitology. 23 (5): 275-279, fig., tab. [Japanese summary]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Laetsch, D. R.; Heitlinger, E. G.; Taraschewski, H.; Nadler, S. A.; Blaxter, M. L. (2012). The phylogenetics of Anguillicolidae (Nematoda: Anguillicoloidea), swimbladder parasites of eels. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1): 60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-60 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Dhondt, B. (Sefins Project, INBO). [details]

additional source Young, M. A.; Fabrizio, M. E.; Tkach, V.; Page, J.; Cook, A.; Kinsella, J. M.; Reyda, F. B.; Choudhury, A.; Baker, B. W.; Achatz, T. J. (2026). Detection of Anguillicoloides crassus (Nematoda) and a survey of endohelminths of American eels in Georgia, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 166: 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03915 [details]

source of synonymy Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp. [details]

redescription Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp. [details]

Definitions

To GenBank (873 nucleotides; 530 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)