Herring Worm

Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi 1809)

Body symmetry

• Namigai et al 2014: bilaterally symmetric

are endoparasites of

• Global Biotic Interactions: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758) (Common Porpoise)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus 1758 (Broadbill Swordfish)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas 1810) (Atka mackerel)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean 1896 (Goiter blacksmelt)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius 1810 (Greenland Cod)

body length

• MADtraits: 34.52 mm (max)
• MADtraits: 23.97 mm (single measurement)
• MADtraits: 130 mm (max)
• MADtraits: 20.6 mm (max)
• MADtraits: 21.3 mm (max)

body shape

• MADtraits: sphere
• MADtraits: elongated
• Altman 1965: vermiform

body width

• MADtraits: 0.345 mm (single measurement)
• MADtraits: 0.75 mm (max)
• MADtraits: 2.475 mm (single measurement)
• MADtraits: 0.564 mm (single measurement)
• MADtraits: 0.625 mm (max)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• World Register of Marine Species: Prince Edward Island
• World Register of Marine Species: Gulf Of Mexico
• World Register of Marine Species: Newfoundland
• World Register of Marine Species: Canada
• World Register of Marine Species: North West Atlantic

habitat

• TreatmentBank: canal
• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: coastal
• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: benthic
• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: brackish water

has sexual dimorphism

• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: female larger

have host

• Global Biotic Interactions: Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 (Human)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Salmo salar Linnaeus 1758 (Atlantic Salmon)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Todarodes pacificus (Steenstrup 1880) (Japanese flying squid)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828 (Coalfish Whale)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (North American Otter)

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 44.85 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 54.14 degrees (max)

locomotion

• Burr and Robinson 2004: undulatory

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -132.03 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -65.4 degrees (max)

migration

• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: nonmigratory

motility

• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: actively mobile

number of hosts

• MADtraits: 4
• MADtraits: 1
• MADtraits: 2
• MADtraits: 3

number of records in gbif

• GBIF data coverage: 1081

parasitize

• Global Biotic Interactions: Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup 1856
• Global Biotic Interactions: Globicephala melas (Traill 1809) (Atlantic Pilot Whale)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Terapon theraps Cuvier 1829 (Largescaled Terapon)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898) (Flatface lanternfish)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821) (bottle-nosed dophin, common bottle-nosed dolphin)

parental care

• Animal Diversity Web Traits and images: provisioning

prenatal development duration

• MADtraits: 23.6 days
• MADtraits: 30.2 days
• MADtraits: 7.7 days
• MADtraits: 24.5 days
• MADtraits: 6 days

skeleton structure

• Mineralogy: soft bodied

trophic guild

• World Register of Marine Species: parasite
• World Register of Marine Species: endoparasite
• World Register of Marine Species: parasite
• World Register of Marine Species: parasite
• MADtraits: parasite

type specimen repository

• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 31.0896 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 31.0896 m (min)