Anisakis simplex
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Anisakis simplex, known as the herring worm, is a species of nematodes in the genus Anisakis, which occurs in ocean fish such as herrings. Human infections can cause severe abdominal cramps.[citation needed] The worm drills through the intestinal wall and lodges in muscle tissue.
See also
References
- ^ Rudolphi, Carolo Asmundo (1809). "Ascaris simplex R.". Animadversiones in generaet species entozoorum. Entozoorum, sive vermium intestinalium: Historia naturalis. Vol. 2. Amstelaedami: Taberna Libraria et Artium. p. 170.
Further reading
- Baylis, H. A. (6 April 2009). "On the Classification of the Ascabidae. I.— The Systematic value of certain characters of the alimentary canal". Parasitology. 12 (3): 253–264. doi:10.1017/S0031182000014220.
- Johnston, T. Harvey; Mawson, Patricia M. (1942). "Remarks on some parasitic nematodes". Records of the South Australian Museum. 7 (2): 183.
- Baylis, H. A. (1932). "A list of worms parasitic in Cetacea". Discovery Reports. 6: 402.
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