Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi et Itagaki, 1974 – Angwilikola – Swimbladder nematode

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range increasing

Invasive alien species

General charactreristics

Description and biology

Males differ from females. Parasite

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl

Earliest introduction/record

in 1989

Types of transport

  • Intentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

  • Agriculture (including biofuel feedstocks), Aquaculture, Mariculture

Type of release into natural environment

  • Escape from confinement

References

  • Bystydzieńska Z., Rolbiecki L., Rokicki J. 2005. Helminth communities of European eels Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Vistula Lagoon and Puck Bay, Poland. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 51: 145-150. Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne link
  • Grabda-Kazubska B. 1997. Nemathelminthes - Obleńce. W: Razowski J. Wykaz zwierząt Polski. IV: 67-99. Wyd. Inst. Syst. i Ewol. Zw. PAN w Krakowie
  • Morozińska-Gogol J. 2009. Alien species of fish parasites in the coastal lakes and lagoons of the southern Baltic. Oceanologia 51: 105-115. link
  • Rolbiecki L. 2002. On the role of paratenic hosts in the life cycle of the nematode Anguillicola crassus in the Vistula Lagoon, Poland. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 32: 109-116. link
  • Rolbiecki L. 2004. Can the dab (Limanda limanda) be a paratenic host of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea)? The Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon (Poland) example. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 50: 317-322. Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne link
  • Rolbiecki L. 2004. Larvae of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda, Dracunculoidea) in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) from the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon. Zoologica Poloniae 49: 29-35. Polskie Towarzystwo Zoologiczne link
  • Rolbiecki L. 2011. Nowe dane na temat rozprzestrzenienia inwazyjnego nicienia Anguillicoloides crassus (Anguillicolidae) u węgorzy na terenie Polski Komunikaty Rybackie 4: 9-13. link
  • Rolbiecki L., Normant M. 2005. The first record of parasites in Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939 – a recent newcomer to the Gulf of Gdańsk. Oceanologia 47: 283-287. Institute of Oceanology PAN link
  • Rolbiecki L., Rokicki J., Wojtkiewicz D. 2000. The first record of the nematode Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) in eel of the Gulf of Gdańsk (Poland). Oceanological Studies 29: 75-81. link
  • Własow T. 1995. Angwillikoza węgorza europejskiego - problem wciąż istotny. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 41: 193-198.

Life form: Nematode

Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Spirurida
Family: Anguillicolidae

Scientific synonyms: Anguillicoloides crassus Kuwahara, Niimi et Itagaki, 1974

English synonyms: Swim bladder nematode