THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI)
Filarioid nematodes from Phoca vitulina are described and assigned to Filaria spirocauda Leidy. Specimens from Callorhinus ursinus are close to F. spirocauda but their identity remains in doubt. F. spirocauda is shown to belong to Dipetalonema. Lubimov's (1927) description of F. spirocauda as S...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z59-057 2024-04-28T08:36:13+00:00 THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) Anderson, Roy C. 1959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z59-057 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z59-057 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 37, issue 4, page 481-493 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1959 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z59-057 2024-04-09T06:56:29Z Filarioid nematodes from Phoca vitulina are described and assigned to Filaria spirocauda Leidy. Specimens from Callorhinus ursinus are close to F. spirocauda but their identity remains in doubt. F. spirocauda is shown to belong to Dipetalonema. Lubimov's (1927) description of F. spirocauda as Skrjabinaria spirocauda is invalid since his female specimen was a metastrongyle. Skrjabinaria falls, therefore, as a synonym of Dipetalonema. Skrjabinaria heteromorpha is a synonym of D. spirocauda. A literature review reveals no authentic record of Dirofilaria immitis in seals other than Zalophus californianus. D. fausti is a synonym of D. immitis. D. spirocauda (Leidy) n. comb, is similar to weissi, sunci, and vite but the male lacks terminolateral, wing-like appendages and bands of rod-like, cuticular structures on the ventral surface of the caudal extremity. Specimens in the U.S. National Museum (No. 45953) have been chosen as types.Dirofilaria roemeri (= Dipetalonema roemeri) is described from specimens from a kangaroo (probably Macropus major) of Queensland, Australia. It differs from other Dirofilaria mainly in its unusually small spicules, and its smooth cuticle with lateral alae. The binomial Filaria websteri Cobbold, 1879 is regarded as a nomen nudum. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca vitulina Callorhinus ursinus Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 37 4 481 493 |
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Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Anderson, Roy C. THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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Filarioid nematodes from Phoca vitulina are described and assigned to Filaria spirocauda Leidy. Specimens from Callorhinus ursinus are close to F. spirocauda but their identity remains in doubt. F. spirocauda is shown to belong to Dipetalonema. Lubimov's (1927) description of F. spirocauda as Skrjabinaria spirocauda is invalid since his female specimen was a metastrongyle. Skrjabinaria falls, therefore, as a synonym of Dipetalonema. Skrjabinaria heteromorpha is a synonym of D. spirocauda. A literature review reveals no authentic record of Dirofilaria immitis in seals other than Zalophus californianus. D. fausti is a synonym of D. immitis. D. spirocauda (Leidy) n. comb, is similar to weissi, sunci, and vite but the male lacks terminolateral, wing-like appendages and bands of rod-like, cuticular structures on the ventral surface of the caudal extremity. Specimens in the U.S. National Museum (No. 45953) have been chosen as types.Dirofilaria roemeri (= Dipetalonema roemeri) is described from specimens from a kangaroo (probably Macropus major) of Queensland, Australia. It differs from other Dirofilaria mainly in its unusually small spicules, and its smooth cuticle with lateral alae. The binomial Filaria websteri Cobbold, 1879 is regarded as a nomen nudum. |
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THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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THE TAXONOMY OF DIPETALONEMA SPIROCAUDA (LEIDY, 1858) N. COMB. (=SKRJABINARIA SPIROCAUDA) AND DIROFILARIA ROEMERI (LINSTOW, 1905) N. COMB. (=DIPETALONEMA ROEMERI) |
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taxonomy of dipetalonema spirocauda (leidy, 1858) n. comb. (=skrjabinaria spirocauda) and dirofilaria roemeri (linstow, 1905) n. comb. (=dipetalonema roemeri) |
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