PHOCANEMA, A NEW GENUS FOR THE ANISAKID NEMATODE OF SEALS

The anisakid nematode originally called Ascaris decipiens Krabbe, 1878, the adults of which occur in seals in the Atlantic off the eastern coast of Canada, is removed from the genera Porrocaecum and Terranova in which it has been variously placed and is made the type and only species of the new genu...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Myers, Betty J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1959
Subjects:
Canada
Terranova
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z59-053
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z59-053
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Summary:The anisakid nematode originally called Ascaris decipiens Krabbe, 1878, the adults of which occur in seals in the Atlantic off the eastern coast of Canada, is removed from the genera Porrocaecum and Terranova in which it has been variously placed and is made the type and only species of the new genus Phocanema. The hosts of the genus Porrocaecum are birds and the hosts of the genus Terranova are elasmobranchs.

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