Phocanema decipiens (Nematoda: Anisakinae): experimental infections in marine copepods

Gravid female Phocanema decipiens were recovered from the stomachs of freshly killed harbour (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Ova dissected from the nematodes were incubated in seawater and the mean time to hatch varied from 8 days at 20 °C to 52 days at 5 °C. Posthatch survival...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: McClelland, Gary
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-075
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-075