Anisakis

Anisakis
Anisakis simplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Anisakidae
Genus: Anisakis
Dujardin, 1845
Species
  • A. berlandi
  • A. brevispiculata
  • A. nascettii
  • A. oceanica
  • A. paggiae
  • A. pegreffii
  • A. physeteris
  • A. schupakovi
  • A. similis
  • A. simplex
  • A. typica
  • A. ziphidarum

Anisakis (/ænəˈsɑːkiːz/ a-nə-SAH-keez) is a genus of parasitic nematodes that have life cycles involving fish and marine mammals.[1] They are infective to humans and cause anisakiasis. People who produce immunoglobulin E in response to this parasite may subsequently have an allergic reaction, including anaphylaxis, after eating fish infected with Anisakis species.

  1. ^ Berger SA, Marr JS (2006). Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook. Jones and Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, Massachusetts