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