Redescription of Filaroides ( Parafilaroides ) gymnurus (Railliet, 1899) (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea), with comments on other species in pinnipeds

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Gosselin, Jean-François, Measures, Lena N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Dougherty; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca hispida; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-045; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z97-045

The species Filaroides (Parafilaroides) gymnurus (Railliet, 1899) Anderson, 1978 is redescribed, based on examination of mature fifth-stage specimens from wild infected ringed seals (Phoca hispida), harp seals (Phoca groenlandica), harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)...